Six crimes a day occur in Tondo district —police data

by JONAFE Z. BERNEL
University of Santo Tomas Journalism program



MANILA—TOTAL crime cases in Tondo district reached over a thousand during the first half of the year, records from the district’s three police stations show.
Given the total recorded crimes of 1,243 from January 1 to June 30, an average of 6.86 crimes —whether against persons or properties— a day happens in Tondo district, regarded as the Philippine capital’s most unsafe district.
Crimes against persons such as murder, homicide, physical injuries and rape were more prevalent in Precinct 1 with 197 cases. This station covers Smokey Mountain, Don Bosco, Pritil, and Gagalangin.
Precinct 2, which covers Delpan, Asuncion, Dagupan/Ilaya, P. Algue and Bambang, had 160 cases of crimes against persons. It is in the community precinct of Asuncion where a leaked mobile phone video saw police torturing a robbery suspect, Darius Evangelista.
Precinct 7 recorded 81 cases of crimes against persons in its coverage areas of Tayuman and Hermosa.
Aside from the total of 438 cases of crimes against persons in all three districts, a total of 805 crimes against property, such as robbery, theft, car-napping, and cattle rustling, were recorded over the same six-month period.
Precinct 2 recorded the most cases of crimes against property with 370, followed by Precinct 1 (272) and Precinct 7 (163).
Precinct 7 Inspector Aldrin Balagat said his precinct set up checkpoints in identified areas and they seek the aid of barangay tanod forces to check on suspicious elements, especially at night time.
Balagat added also launched Oplan Sita or online spot-checks at any area within their jurisdiction.


Jonafe Bernel, a third year Journalism student of UST, submitted this story for her Newspaper Practice and Management class.