New Delhi: Delhi witnessed a 16.8-per cent dip in incidents of crime in 2020 as in comparison with 2019, in keeping with the NCRB, the federal government knowledgeable Parliament on Wednesday.

In a written response to a query within the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai stated the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles the info on crime as reported to it by the states and Union territories, which is revealed as “Crime in India”.

The revealed reviews can be found until 2020, he added.

“As per the published reports, there is a decline of 16.8 per cent in the total IPC crimes registered in NCT of Delhi during the year 2020 as compared to the year 2019,” Rai stated.

He stated the Delhi Police has taken a number of concrete measures to curb incidents of crime equivalent to dynamic identification of crime-prone areas and deployment of police assets, together with pickets, foot-patrolling, PCR vans and emergency response automobiles (ERVs), to reinforce visibility.

The steps taken additionally embrace the identification, surveillance and arrest of energetic criminals, built-in patrolling by the native police, the PCR employees and the visitors police, and community-policing programmes, the minister stated.

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