He said that eight focus crimes — murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, and stealing of vehicles and motorcycles — dropped by 46 percent in the past 200 days. “While the community quarantine denied criminal elements the usual opportunity to strike, the increased police visibility down to the barangay level is a big factor in reducing criminal incidents across the country,” Eleazar said. “Translated to a daily crime average, the Philippines has recorded an average of 93 criminal incidents per day during the 200-day implementation of the community quarantine compared to 174 per day incidents of the 200-day period before the community quarantine implementation,” Eleazar said. Theft cases plunged from 11,653 to 4,690 and stolen vehicles were reduced from 240 to only 97 during the lockdown period. Metro Manila, along with the province of Batangas and cities of Iloilo, Iligan, Bacolod and Tacloban, is under general community quarantine while Lanao del Sur including Marawi City were placed under a stricter modified enhanced community quarantine until October 31.

Source: Manila Times October 04, 2020 16:15 UTC