Overview
- Telangana reported a 2.33% drop in total cases to 2,28,695, with murders, rapes and robberies down, NDPS cases up 30.36% to 2,542, and 509 Maoist cadres surrendering, according to DGP B. Shivadhar Reddy.
- Andhra Pradesh recorded a 6.17% fall in overall crime to 1,03,397 cases, with police highlighting reductions across key categories and expanded use of drones and other tools for enforcement, per DGP Harish Gupta.
- District outcomes diverged sharply in Telangana, with Adilabad registering a 63% rise to 6,486 cases and Asifabad up 60.23% to 1,934, driven by increases in thefts, cheating and other offences.
- Guntur district logged a 13% overall decline to 8,937 cases, alongside 222 kg of ganja seized, 72 convictions versus 28 last year, higher property recoveries and a steep rise in open-drinking cases tied to stricter enforcement.
- Tech-enabled policing coincided with large local drops: Anakapalli cases fell from 7,573 to 5,821 and Visakhapatnam city from 5,921 to 5,168, with police citing expanded CCTV, AFIS use, targeted task forces and stronger anti-narcotics actions.