Chennai Crime Rate

Residents of Chennai's Madipakkam locality have pooled and spend lakhs of rupees to install high-definition closed circuit cameras in their area and connected them with a police station 11 km away, through an underground cable. All this, to get the police to check rising crime in the area.

The year 2013 witnessed theft of valuables worth Rs 13,219 crore, second highest of the decade, as per the data by the National Crime Records Bureau. The amount recorded is the second highest in the last decade. However, the recovery percentage rate by the police was second lowest.

Residents of Chennai's Madipakkam locality have pooled and spend lakhs of rupees to install high-definition closed circuit cameras in their area and connected them with a police station 11 km away, through an underground cable. All this, to get the police to check rising crime in the area.

The year 2013 witnessed theft of valuables worth Rs 13,219 crore, second highest of the decade, as per the data by the National Crime Records Bureau. The amount recorded is the second highest in the last decade. However, the recovery percentage rate by the police was second lowest.