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PNP data shows 11.99% drop in crime rate in last 5 months
The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported an 11.99% decrease in eight focus crimes between June and October 2025.
These focus crimes include murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, and the carnapping of both cars and motorcycles.
The total number of focus crime incidents dropped from 2,961 in June to 2,606 in October, with a peak of 3,335 cases in August.
Despite an overall decrease, theft cases increased by 5.25% from 1028 in June to 1082 in October.
Significant decreases were observed in rape (39.64%), motor vehicle carnapping (30.77%), and physical injury cases (21.05%).
Homicide cases dropped by 12.20%, robbery by 9.88%, murder by 9.15%, and motorcycle carnapping by 1.59% during the same period.
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