New Delhi:
There has been a small 1.75 per cent increase in the national capital's crime graph in 2012 in comparison to 2011, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said in New Delhi on Friday but attributed the crimes largely to the growth of "unplanned colonies" in the city.
A total of 54,287 cases were registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) in 2012. In 2011, the number of cases was lower at 53,353, Mr Kumar said, adding that it was a rise of 1.75 per cent.
Despite the increase in crimes, Delhi Police solved 53.15 per cent cases in 2012 in comparison to 51.47 per cent in 2011.
"In Delhi, almost 65 per cent of the population lives in unplanned colonies. About 11.7 per cent live in rural or urban villages while only 23.7 per cent people are staying in planned colonies, which is an important causative factor for crime in Delhi," said Mr Kumar.
Mr Kumar said that the number of cases per lakh of the population declined from 392.64 cases in 2001 to 318.98 in 2012.
In 2012, 521 cases of murder were registered as against 543 cases in 2011, a decline of 4.05 per cent.
Analysis of motives in murder cases in 2012 reveals that 20.54 per cent of the cases were due to sudden provocation or trivial issues, 12.86 per cent due to old enmity, 14.59 per cent were sex related, 10.94 per cent were over differences among family members and 8.83 per cent were due to disputes over property. Only 13.82 per cent of the murder cases were crime related, Mr Kumar said.