According to the World Crime Index for 2019 (Current), Karachi has moved down in this year’s rankings, reaching the 77th position, as of April 23 2019. The cities with the top spots are the ones with the most crimes, which means that Karachi has improved its control over criminal activities during 2019.
The periodically updated Numbeo World Crime Index lists Karachi at 61st while the daily updated index currently lists Karachi at 77th which means that Karachi’s situation is improving with each passing day.
In the current crime index 2019, Islamabad ranks 247th with a crime index of 33.83. Lahore stands at 187th position with a crime index of 41.38.
As for the rest of the world, Abu Dhabi is the safest city in the world with 348th position and a crime index of 10.15. The worst city with regards to the crime index is Caracas, Venezuela with 1st position and a crime index of 83.47. UK’s Birmingham city ranks 14th with an index of 75.86.
The US’ Detroit and Baltimore cities are also among the worst in crime control with ranks of 21 and 22 respectively. The crime index of these cities is 71.50 and 71.08 respectively.
Karachi’s Ranking
In 2018, the metropolitan was ranked as 68th on the index. It is worth mentioning here that the city was amongst the worst cities on the crime index just over four years ago.
With the feverish efforts of the law enforcement agencies (LEA), the city’s ranking surged from 6th in 2014 to 70th in 2019. Only a few years ago, the city of lights was known for all the bad things. It was riddled with target killings, muggings, shootings, violence, and unrest since the early 1990s.
For over two decades, the city lost 2000-2500 lives to violence every year. However, Karachi’s situation took a dramatic turn after the paramilitary Rangers were granted special policing powers.
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In 2014, the city stood at 6th position on the World Crime Index. As much as 1,888 people were killed that year, including 117 officials of LEAs. In only four years—2018—the city ranked 68 on the index.
It has improved further to 77th position with the crime index of 57.05 in the first four months.
In 2018, killings amounted to 395 people, including 10 policemen. In the first four months of 2019, people killed amount to 153 including seven policemen.
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Asif Ghafoor, lauded the efforts of the civil administration team, police, and Sindh Rangers for the achievement.
Via: Numbeo
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If this is due to that fact that Police is not registering F.I.Rs then its useless.
Dear Azeem Karim Khan, Police registered F.I.R..
I applied the case for Documents missing on Police 4U Apps i received the call from P4U apps Mr. Mehmood (ASI) he said & advised the Police stations name with HeadMohrar & Kaha K F.I.R Launch Karwaye Agar Nahi Kare to Hame Bataye :
Suddencly Main Nahi Ja Saka Lagataar 3 Din tak i received the call & then visit kar k F.I.R. Katwa Diya aur bata diay.
Please correct some of the statements in the article. The city did not lose 2000-2500 people per year due to violence for over two decades. No The surge in target killings was took place from 2010 to 2015. In 2010, homicides per year crossed 1000, and reached approximately 2500 per year in 2013. Over 2000 homicides per year was only recorded for 2 to 3 years not over two decades.
Here are two articles to help you.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1447410
https://tribune.com.pk/story/69491/karachi-target-killings-highest-in-15-years/
Please check the facts before you publish information that gives Karachi and Pakistan a bad image. Thank you.
Let’s not fool ourselves. This is only because a large number of crimes go unreported in the city. People of Karachi are more afraid of the police than they are of criminals, as police is the biggest criminal in Karachi.
last month mera mobile snatch howa tha. online complain krne pe acha response tha. police station walon se corporate b kia this is great. or bs aik chooti se ghalti kri. FRI main snatch k bajaye LOST ka word use kia take kaam na krna pary. However karachi main AMAN to aya hai in few years.