Based on data collected by the PNP Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM), the National Capital Region registered the highest total crime volume nationwide in the first quarter of the year.
Metro Manila accounted for 21 percent (31,022) of the total 145,056 crime volume in the country for the same period, followed by Western Visayas (18,531 or 13 percent) and Calabarzon (17,805 or 12 percent).
The region also posted the highest number of index crimes or crimes against persons or property nationwide from January to March this year with 6,999 out of a total 73,480 cases. It also recorded 6,597 cases of murder, homicide, physical injury and rape on top of 10,402 cases of robbery, theft and stolen vehicles. With a report from Inquirer Research
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