Today, Praja Foundation released a report on crime in Mumbai over a two year period that should become a clarion call for the citizens, the elected representatives and the police. Praja Foundation also announced the launch of its on-ground petition campaign for Mumbai citizen's security and police force reforms.
This latest report obtained by Praja Foundation, through the RTI Act for the period April 2008- March 2010, reveals that every month there are 560 registered cases of theft; 362 for cars stolen; 241 for house breaking; 19 for murders; 15 for rapes.
There are 89 police stations in the city. The total number of FIRs registered in these police stations from 2008-09 and 2009-10 shows a decrease over the last two years. But, South Mumbai and North Central Mumbai show significant increases. While explaining the graphical presentation of crime Nitai Mehta said, " South Mumbai has an increase of 103 FIRs, while North Central Mumbai has a rise of 489 FIRs. He further added that the majority of areas showed an average decrease of 82 FIRs from 2008-09 to 2009-10 with North Mumbai showing the most significant drop in FIRs from 4479 in 2008-09 to 4289 in 2009-10.
According to the data, South Mumbai has 25 police stations and the highest number of murders (90), house breakings (1114), and thefts (3037) on record. The report also presents the average occurrences of crime across Mumbai in one month period. According to the data the crimes that occur most frequently within a period of one month are theft (560), vehicle theft (362), and house breaking (241). While molestation registered were 13 per month. Molestation in South Mumbai has also increased significantly, " added Priyanka Sharma.
The data reveals that per month there is a daily average of 8 house breakings, 5 chain snatchings, 18 thefts, 5 accidents, and 12 vehicles thefts per day. "These statistics are shocking but sadly true. Approximately one murder and one rape occur every two days in the city." states Mehta.
The report also shows the number of police personnel allocated to these 89 police stations of Mumbai. South Mumbai has shortage of police personnel by 403 followed by North Mumbai having 249, North West Mumbai by 227, North Central Mumbai 147 and South Central Mumbai by 140. Only North East Mumbai is showing an excess of 36 police personnel, " said Priyanka Sharma
While talking to media Priyanka Sharma also said that today we inaugurated signature campaign and our aim is to get more and more signatures and finally we will provide these datas to home minister and all the MLAs, so that they can raise the questions at the coming sessions. She further stated that our aim through this campaign is to adopt precautionary measures to prevent crime in the city.
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