Bacolod City, Jan. 6 -- Average incidents of eight focus crimes, also known as index crimes, in Negros Island Region (NIR) decreased by 22.1 percent in 2025, data released by Police Regional Office (PRO-NIR) on Tuesday showed.

Based on the comparative crime statistics, 1,012 incidents were recorded last year, lower by 287 from 1,299 incidents in 2024.

A marked decline was noted in six of the eight offenses, particularly murder, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, and motorcycle theft while homicide and motor vehicle theft recorded slight increases.

Murder dropped by 51 percent -from 260 to 209 cases; physical injury, 78 percent - from 201 to 123; rape, 78 percent -from 349 to 262; robbery, 24 percent -from 98 to 74; theft, 59 percen...