After reporting a reduction in crime due to the pandemic in 2020, the numbers again saw rise in 2021, revealed Mumbai police’s Annual Report. While the number of offences have gone back to the pre-pandemic era, detection rate has also improved. Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale said that cops are working hard on prevention and detection of crime.

The Annual Report for 2021, which was released on Tuesday, shows data and trends of crime in the city from 2019 to 2021. As per the report, 33,813 cases were registered across the city in 2021, of which 22,519 were detected with an overall detection rate of 67 per cent. In 2020, 28,244 cases were reported and 17,593 of these were detected with a 62 per cent detection rate. In 2019, the overall detection rate stood at 68 per cent as 28,467 of the 41,590 cases were solved.