The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that the country’s crime rate went down 7.75% from August 2024 to June 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year.

In his speech during the 124th Police Service Anniversary celebration at Camp Crame attended by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., PNP Chief Police General Nicolas Torre III Torre said the number of crime incidents decreased from 192,677 to 177,735.

“Crime incidents dropped by 7.75% with a total of 177,735 incidents from August 2024 to June 2025 compared to 192,677 from the same period of previous year,” Torre said.

“This significant decline clearly reflects the effectiveness of our intensified anti-criminality operations, especially our increased police presence across the country,” he added.

In the drive against illegal drugs, Torre said a total of 153,609 operations have been conducted from July 1, 2022 to August 10, 2025.

Anti-drug operations resulted in 190,568 arrests and confiscation of contraband worth some P54.6 billion, according to Torre.

“This represents a 258% increase compared to the same period of 2016 to 2019. A testament to our bloodless campaign that decisively targets both high-value and street-level offenders,” Torre said.

Torre said the PNP is also seeking to address cyber crimes, human trafficking, kidnapping, and even fake news.

With regard to internal cleansing, Torre said that over the past year, a total of 3,413 members of its personnel were sanctioned.

Under the PNP’s newly implemented Five-Minute Response Policy, Torre said police responded to 94% of the 3,574 emergency calls within five minutes from June 2 to August 10.