LAHORE: The Crime Control Department (CCD) has released a comparison of crime figures of September 2023-24 and September 2025-26, claiming 63pc reduction in overall crime, including robbery and motorcycle theft, across the province.
The data was shared in a meeting chaired by CCD chief Sohail Zafar Chatha.According to the spokesperson for the CCD, in September 2025-26 compared to September 2023-24, Lahore region witnessed the highest decrease of 78pc, followed by Faisalabad with 68pc and Sahiwal with 66pc in overall crime rate. Similarly, Multan region recorded a 59pc while Gujranwala and Bahawalpur regions each recorded a 58pc decrease in crime. Sheikhupura region showed a 57pc cut, Sargodha 56pc, Rawalpindi 52pc and Dera Ghazi Khan region recorded a 43pc decrease in the crime rate.
About the house robbery, there was a significant 81pc decrease in September 2025-26, compared to the corresponding month last year.
A 72pc decrease has been recorded in highway dacoity incidents, 71pc in robbery, 67pc in motorcycle snatching, while a decrease of up to 56pc had been recorded in motorcycle theft.
The spokesperson said the department continued its journey of outstanding performance under the direction of the CCD head. As a result of vigorous and intelligence-based operations against criminal elements, an extraordinary decrease in the crime rate had been recorded, he claimed.
Published in Dawn, October 26th, 2026
