DHAKA: Bangladesh saw a decline in reported cases across major crime categories in the first nine months of this year compared with the same period in 2025, the latest official figures showed.
According to the official statistics of Bangladesh's Ministry of Home Affairs, the reported incidents of rioting, robbery, murder, kidnapping, child abuse, mugging and snatching, and violence against women declined between January and September 2026 compared with the same period last year.
The total number of cases across these categories dropped from 18,661 in January-September 2025 to 17,335 in the same period this year, a decline of 1,326 cases, or about 7.1 per cent, statistics showed.
A separate comparison showed reported incidents in the listed crime categories dropped to 5,532 in July-September 2026 from 6,091 in the same period of 2025, a decline of 559 cases, or 9.2 per cent. - Xinhua
