Half-year review shows sharp uptick of crime in Telangana
Telangana's half-yearly crime review indicates a 7.15% increase in total crime over three years, despite a decline in grave crimes. Police leadership is shifting focus toward data-driven analysis and the use of AI-based policing tools to address rising narcotics and organized crime.
Why it matters
Rising crime rates in specific categories like narcotics and organized crime highlight evolving public safety challenges in rapidly developing regions.
A half-yearly crime review meeting on Friday showed a sharp uptick in crime in the State over the past three years. Data showed that crime in Telangana was up by 7.15% over three years, from 2,65,377 cases in 2023-24 to 2,84,363 in 2025-26, with the crime rate per lakh population climbing from 481.58 to 491.59.
Addressing the meeting, Telangana Director General of Police C.V. Anand on Friday directed officers to move beyond statistics-based crime reviews and focus on in-depth analysis of causes, offender modus operandi, investigation quality and case disposal. At the half-yearly crime review meeting with senior officers at the DGP Office, Anand said special focus on the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) had pushed data update rates from 70–80% earlier to 96% now.
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