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Visakhapatnam saw a diminution successful crimes by 11.78 % successful 2025 erstwhile compared to the erstwhile year. Although the fig of roadworthy accidents has declined, determination has been nary alteration successful the fig of deaths. When compared to erstwhile years, cybercrime cases person seen a decline, portion the recoveries and arrests successful these cases person seen a rise.
Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi presented the yearly transgression study for 2025 during a media league connected Tuesday.
He said that the metropolis reported 35 murders successful 2025 arsenic against 24 successful 2024. Illicit intimacy was the motive down 9 execution cases, followed by 5 cases owed to petty quarrels. The lawsuit of effort to execution dropped from 159 successful 2024 to 116 successful 2025; rape cases declined from 126 successful 2024 to 63 successful 2025. Harassment cases against women reduced from 643 successful 2024 to 499 successful 2025.
The metropolis saw 183 location break-in cases successful 2025 arsenic against 315 successful 2024. There were 30 cases of robbery this year, portion it was 43 successful the erstwhile year.
Mr. Bagchi said that stolen properties worthy implicit ₹10.59 crore were recovered by the constabulary this year. Around 8.6 kg gold, 16.1 kg silver, ₹66 lakh successful cash, 186 motorcycles and different valuables were handed to 4,979 rightful owners.
Road accidents
Mr. Bagchi said 1,086 roadworthy accidents were reported successful 2025, successful which 349 persons died and 1,038 persons were injured. In 2024, the metropolis recorded 1,132 roadworthy accidents, successful which 347 radical were killed and 1,156 persons were injured.
As per the statistic provided by the Police Commissioner, 420 roadworthy accidents were reported from the NH-16, claiming 149 lives and injuring 388 people. Internal roads suggests 410 roadworthy accidents were reported, successful which 106 radical died and 378 were injured.
While 34 radical died and 119 were injured successful roadworthy accidents connected the BRTS Road stretches, 16 radical died connected Port Road. Beach Road agelong saw 52 roadworthy accidents successful which 11 radical died and 68 injured.
The NDPS cases saw a diminution from 313 successful 2024 to 226 successful 2025. Mr. Bagchi said 10,147.590 kg of seized ganja, 19.310 litres of hashish oil, 1 kg of opium, each worthy astir ₹5.29 crore were destroyed this year.
The metropolis besides saw a diminution successful cybercrime cases from 409 successful 2023, 376 successful 2024, to 286 successful 2025. There was an summation successful the arrests of cybercrime offenders from 160 successful 2024 to 205. An magnitude of ₹14,64,92,382 was refunded to 1,020 victims of cybercrimes. This is the maximum magnitude refunded to cybercrime victims successful a twelvemonth successful immoderate territory of the State, Mr. Bagchi said.
The CP added that astir ₹56 lakh was refunded to 126 victims of online load app fraud successful the twelvemonth 2025.
