Crime against women in Rachakonda Commissionerate showed mixed trends in 2025

Crime against women cases have shown mixed trends, with a notable decline in several major offence categories, even as the overall crime rate registered a marginal increase of four per cent in the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate during 2025.

According to official figures announced on Monday, major crimes against women declined by 25 per cent, dropping from 1,704 cases in 2024 to 1,194 cases in



2025.

Harassment and domestic violence cases saw the sharpest decline, falling from 1,222 cases in 2024 to 782 in 2025, while rape cases reduced from 384 to 330 and abetment to suicide cases decreased from 61 to 52. Murders of women dipped marginally from 19 to 18 cases.

Meanwhile, dowry murders doubled from three cases in 2024 to six in 2025, even as dowry deaths declined from 18 to 12 during the same period.