Overview
- Hyderabad logged 30,690 cases in 2025, a 15% decline from 35,944, with property offences down 28% and bodily offences down 16%, even as crimes against women rose 6% and POCSO cases jumped 27%.
- Cybercrime in Hyderabad fell 8% to 3,735 cases, yet reported losses reached about ₹319 crore, with roughly ₹54.5 crore frozen and refunds reported in parts of the year-end data.
- Andhra Pradesh police reported a 6.17% overall crime decrease, citing cyber fraud losses of about ₹815 crore, ₹98 crore frozen and ₹3 crore refunded, with cyber, narcotics trafficking and protection of women and children flagged as key challenges.
- Local trends diverged: Karimnagar saw overall crime down about 17% but cyber cases up to 276 from 208, while Mancherial recorded a 19% rise in total crimes to 5,289 from 4,457.
- Other jurisdictions reported mixed gains: Gurugram’s major crimes and cyber losses eased, Lucknow reported zero dacoity and fewer murders, Pune noted declines in serious crimes but higher chain snatching and NDPS cases, Tirupati improved cyber recoveries, and ASR district saw a 34% overall drop with higher road fatalities.