Property crimes drop by 17% in Nilgiris in 2025: police

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Property crimes, including theft, robberies, and burglaries, came down by 17% successful the Nilgiris successful 2025, erstwhile compared to the erstwhile year, a connection from the Nilgiris territory constabulary said.

Based connected the statistic provided by the District Crime Records Bureau of the Nilgiris territory police, the fig of spot crimes dropped from 71 cases successful 2024 to 59 past year, with 85% of the cases being detected and solved by the police. The constabulary besides managed to get palmy convictions successful 33 spot transgression cases during the year, the connection said.

The Nilgiris constabulary besides solved each 168 reports of carnal battle cases received successful 2025. They registered 1,67,332 cases related to postulation violations; implicit 1,200 cases of driving nether the power of intoxicant were registered, successful summation to much than 1,300 cases of unsafe and negligent driving.

The constabulary added that 5 persons were booked nether the Goondas Act successful 2025.

The Nilgiris territory Superintendent of Police, N.S. Nisha, speaking astir the initiatives undertaken to amended policing to safeguard citizens, particularly women and children arsenic good arsenic tourists, said that “Oorai Thedi Kavalan,” “Project Agni,” “Police Akka,” “Cyber Pallikoodam,” and “Pink Patrol” person helped bring down crime, aided successful detection, and has benefited section communities.

Ms. Nisha besides said that 72 cameras person been installed successful Masinagudi, Naduvattam, Ooty Town, and Ooty Rural constabulary presumption limits to support vigilance and show traffic. The constabulary besides show 3,210 CCTV cameras successful nationalist places and 833 successful residential areas, ensuring that immoderate imaginable crimes are prevented, and for much businesslike detection.

Published - February 02, 2026 03:21 p.m. IST

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