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Hyderabad: Crime rates in Telangana saw a slight downward trend in 2025, with total cases dropping to 2.29 lakh - a 2.33 per cent decrease - from the 2.34 lakh cases reported last year.
According to police data released on Tuesday, over 500 underground CPI (Maoist) cadre, including two central committee members and 11 state committee members, surrendered in the outgoing year.
Addressing a press conference, DGP B Shivadhar Reddy said over 1.67 lakh BNS cases were reported in 2025 compared to more than 1.69 lakh cases in 2024, a decline of 1.45 per cent.
Cases of kidnap and abductions dropped by about 25 per cent at 1,145 in 2025 which was 1,525 in 2024.
Rape cases also waned by over 13 per cent at 2,549 in the outgoing year against 2,945 during the previous year.
Cybercrime reduced by three per cent in the state during 2025, as against 41 per cent increase nationally, he added.