Crimes in Andhra Pradesh decline by 6.17% in 2025, says Home Minister Anitha

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Over ₹815 crore has been spent connected  constabulary  welfare, says Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha.

Over ₹815 crore has been spent connected constabulary welfare, says Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha. | Photo Credit: File Photo

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha connected Wednesday said the State recorded important advancement successful transgression control, policing reforms, and nationalist information during 2025, with the wide IPC/BNS crimes declining by 6.17%.

Releasing the Home Department’s yearly show note, Ms. Anitha said notable reductions were recorded successful riots (53.88%), crimes against SCs and STs (24.32%), crimes against women (3.82%), POCSO cases (11.4%), and NDPS cases (7.9%).

Property transgression detection and betterment rates stood astatine 56% and 55% respectively, which were good supra the nationalist mean of 33.8%. Courts delivered 510 convictions, including 126 beingness sentences, successful cases relating to crimes against women and children.

Highlighting women and kid safety, Ms. Anitha said Operation TRACE enabled the constabulary to hint 1,262 missing girls and 2,648 women wrong 4 months. Self-defence grooming was imparted to 12.95 lakh girls and women crossed 14,625 institutions. The deployment of 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras helped lick 2,514 cases, portion 347 drones supported aerial surveillance starring to detection of 6,993 cases. ERSS-112 effect clip was reduced by 50% to 15.53 minutes, exceeding nationalist standards.

The Home Minister said cyber FIRs declined by 18.94%, ₹98 crore was frozen, and ₹3 crore refunded to the victims. As portion of the anti-narcotics drive, the constabulary destroyed 99,836 kg ganja, arrested 9,478 accused, and wholly eradicated ganja cultivation successful Alluri Sitharama Raju district.

Ms. Anita said implicit ₹815 crore was spent connected constabulary welfare, 6,015 constables were recruited and stipend enhanced. She added that reforms successful prisons, occurrence services, prosecution, sainik welfare, and catastrophe absorption strengthened governance, ensuring improved information and resilience crossed Andhra Pradesh.

Published - December 31, 2025 06:28 p.m. IST

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