This is one bounce back we do not wish to see, but unfortunately it is happening and things are reverting to pre-COVID times. After reporting a reduction in crime because of the pandemic in 2020, numbers rose again in 2021, said Mumbai’s Annual Report.

The number of offences has gone back to the pre-pandemic era but so has the detection rate. Theft remains a top concern, statistics show. Top police officers have stated that the force is doing all it can to up the detection and solving rate. One hoped that lower crime rates became part of the ‘new normal’ that may rule our lives, but that was not to be. The police force has been battered, with so many personnel perishing in the deadly first wave of the outbreak.