DCPO spokesman Major Catherine Dela Rey said, Davao City is still generally peaceful adding that crime incidents especially the eight focus crimes have decreased.
“In fact downtrend ang atuang mga crime incidents especially sa 8 focus crimes,” she said.
Dela Rey said that from January 2023 to May 31, they only recorded 127 crime incidents. There is a decrease of 40 percent of crime incidents compared to the 212 incidents last year, she said.
“But it is sad to say that of the 8 focus crimes rape cases is still the highest,” Dela Rey said.
The eight focus crimes include murder, homicide,physical injury, rape, roberry,theft, motorcycle theft and car theft.
However, Dela Rey confirmed a series of cases happened in the city last month. “But if you look at the overall picture, downtrend ang atuang crime incidents,” she said.