MANILA -- The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has recorded a significant success in crime rate, crime clearance and solution efficiency of the Philippine National Police (PNP) which is aligned with the government’s peace and order program.

In the report of Interior and Local Government Secretary and National Peace and Order Council Chairperson Benjamin Abalos during the NPOC and Regional Peace and Order Council Meeting in Malacañang Thursday, he pointed out that the peace and order situation in the country has improved with a much lower index crime volume from 196,519 from the pre-pandemic period of July 1, 2016 to April 21, 2018 to 71,544 from July 1, 2022 to April 21, 2024.

Peace and order indicator also decreased for the same periods from 541,917 from July 1, 2016 to April 21, 2018 to 371,801 from July 1, 2022 to April 21, 2024.

Average monthly crime rate also decreased for the same periods, respectively from 21.92 to 15.04. Focus crimes such as theft, physical injury, robbery, rape, murder, carnapping and homicide also decreased from 196,420 to 71,133 or 63.79 percent decrease.

Non-index crime volume also decreased from 345,398 from July 1, 2016 to April 21, 2018 to 300,257 from July 1, 2022 to April 21, 2024.

Abalos also added that the PNP has recorded 98.88 percent of total crime clearance efficiency from January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024, which is 0.32 percent higher than the crime clearance efficiency report from October 2021 to December 2022.

The PNP also recorded 82.69 percent of total crime solution efficiency from January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024, which is 0.62 percent higher than the figures reported from October 2021 to December 2022.

In terms of the index crime volume, the PNP recorded 48,587 cases from January 2023 to March 24, which is 4,240 or 8.02 percent lower than the 52,827 cases recorded from October 2021 to December 2022. The non-index crime, on the other hand, was recorded at 202,377 from January 2023 to March 2024, which is 11,546 or 5.37 percent lower than the 214,923 recorded cases from October 2021 to December 2022.

Abalos has credited the sustained crime prevention programs, public safety initiatives and convergent efforts of the DILG and the PNP to prevent crimes and protect the citizenry. (PND)