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BAGUIO CITY — Mayor Benjamin Magalong said that there has been a 47-percent decrease in index crimes in the Summer Capital from 2019 (pre-pandemic) to 2023 and a 5-percent reduction as of Dec. 11, last year.
The mayor announced this during a media forum on Dec. 11, 2024 at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center as part of his year-end city situation report.
He explained that the 5-percent decline in index crimes in the city as of Dec. 11, 2024 is still significant since it is al-ready based on a low baseline data due to the 47-percent decrease from 2019 to 2023.
Index crimes or those crimes against persons and property including physical injuries, rape, homicide, theft, rob-bery and others, the mayor said.
These crimes are used to measure the overall crime rate in a specific area.
The mayor revealed, however, that while index crimes are on a downturn, the number of public safety incidents, particularly vehicular traffic accidents (VTAs), is going up.
He said that a vast majority or almost 80 percent of the VTAs are caused by motorcycle riders.
