Karachi recorded over 64,000 street crime cases in 2025 despite a decline from last year, with more than 70 deaths reported. Police cite improved policing and technology, while experts warn underreporting remains high and public safety perceptions have not significantly improved.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday criticised the law and order situation in the national capital, alleging a sharp increase in street crimes and accusing the police of focusing on targeting AAP leaders instead of public safety.
more than 650 persons involved in street crime were arrested in the month of July 2025, which includes 24 robbers, 28 snatchers, 21 burglars and 75 thieves. More than 55 cases of the Arms Act, the Excise Act, the Gambling Act and the NDPS Act were registered in the month of July alone
A day after the Union Home Minister reviewed the law and order situation in the national capital, senior officers of the Delhi Police met at the police headquarters here and discussed follow-up measures, including ways to mount greater vigil against street crime, improve the security of sen
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer, Monem Zafar, criticised the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government for leaving Karachi residents vulnerable to street criminals, noting that over 100 innocent people have lost their lives in roadside robberies this year.
Cities in Pakistan are witnessing a steep rise in street crime. In the latest addition, a woman teacher at a private school was shot dead allegedly by an unknown man in Multan on Wednesday, the Dawn news reported.
Amid deteriorating law and order in Karachi, the Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) has released the statistics of the amount of crimes committed in the streets of the port city in September 2024, according to ARY News.
Notably, street crimes in Karachi have been on the rise, with more than 50,000 incidents documented by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) between January and August of 2024.
The report stated that more than 90,000 street crimes were reported in Karachi in 2023, in comparison to 80,000 in 2022, showcasing an 11 per cent rise.