Street crime spikes by 200 % with over 100 incidents per day.

LAHORE -- Street crimes such as robbery and theft have gone up by 200%, with over 100 incidents being reported per day, media reported.

According to police data, the street crime rate in the provincial capital Lahore has gone up drastically with over 100 cases of robbery and theft being reported daily. Most incidents were reported in the Iqbal Town division of the city. Most reported cases were of motorbike theft, the police reported.

They added that gang robberies went up by 282 %, while theft incidents shot up by 123%. At least 36,993 robbery and theft cases were reported in Lahore in the last 2 months and 10 days, the police said.

The police added that four people lost their lives while resisting the robberies. At least 4000 bike robberies and over 5000 theft incidents and 63 murders were reported in the city in 2022.

Moreover, citizens of Karachi remain at the mercy of criminals...