Economic crimes up by 47%, crimes against women down by 28% in Ahmedabad city: Police

Body-related crimes like murder, attempt to murder, assault, rioting, saw a drop of 21.32%, with cases falling from 2,167 in 2023, to 1,925 in 2024 and 1,705 in 2025.

Data showed that crimes against women dropped by 27.96% with cases dropping from 626 in 2023, to 490 in 2024 and 451 in 2025.

The Police Commissioner added that there was a drop in crimes related to property with thefts, loots, break-ins and vehicles theft going down from 5,622 in 2023, to 4,278 in the year 2024 and then further down to 3,807 cases in 2025 – a drop of 32.28%.

The police said that its endeavour to have CCTVs installed across the city with help from residents and business owners, had led to a total of 24,176 cameras being installed between May 2025 and January 2026. As a direct result of the installation of CCTV cameras, there had been an increase of 1.15% in the detection of body-related crimes in the city and a rise of 10.89% in the detection of property crimes.

The Ahmedabad City Police passed 57.08% more detention orders under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA) and 90.44% more externment orders between 2023 and 2025.