A 63 percent drop in overall crime, which covers motorcycle theft and robbery across the province, was announced by the Punjab Crime Control Department by comparing crime data from September 2023 to 2024 and September 2025 to 2026.
CCD Chief Sohail Zafar Chatha led a meeting where these statistics were shared.
Lahore saw the biggest drop in total crime at 78 percent, with Faisalabad following at 68 percent and Sahiwal at 66 percent, stated a CCD representative.
A 59 percent drop occurred in Multan, and Gujranwala alongside Bahawalpur both noted a 58 percent decrease. Sheikhupura experienced a 57 percent drop, followed by Sargodha with 56 percent, Rawalpindi with 52 percent, and Dera Ghazi Khan with 43 percent.
Major crime categories also showed substantial drops, according to the department.
Comparing September 2025 to 2026 with the same month in the previous year, house robberies fell by 81 percent.
Highway dacoities decreased by 72 percent, and robberies went down by 71 percent. Cases of motorcycle snatching dropped by 67 percent, and motorcycle thefts declined by as much as 56 percent.
Targeted intelligence operations against criminals directed by CCD Chief Sohail Zafar Chatha caused the drop, the representative stated.
He mentioned that aggressive actions against criminal behavior allowed the department to maintain exceptional performance, which created an extraordinary decrease in crime throughout the province.
