BOHOL CRIME SITUATIONER

Average monthly crime

rate down 1.42% in ‘25

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA)—Average monthly crime rates for Bohol in 2025 went down 1.42 percent, or from 4.18 in 2024 to 2.76 in 2025, reports from Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) in Camp Dagohoy, showed.

“And to sustain this, BPPO commits to continue to steadfastly pursue and strengthen its operational and administrative initiatives to sustain gains in peace and order and further enhance public safety,” shares Camp Dagohoy deputy operations chief Police Major Joseph Lopena, during the recent joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council and Anti-Drug Abuse Council, January 22 at the Capitol Ceremonial Hall.

In fact, even police community affairs and development unit chief, Police Major Joseph Berondo said they have been priming the force to sustain police visibility and intensify operations under PNP Flagship Programs; continue intelligence-driven operations against illegal drugs and high-value personalities; strengthen enforcement against loose firearms and wanted persons; and intensify the campaign against illegal gambling.

To do this, they intend to strengthen coordination and collaboration with partner agencies, local government units, and stakeholders in the implementation of the Barangay Drug Clearing Program, crime prevention and crime solution efforts, and the enhancement of the intelligence community, Maj. Lopena added.

This too, as total crime incidents in Bohol in 2025 registered lesser by 58 cases or 0.79 percent compared to 2024, data from the reports of the Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) show.

The crime situation, as reported by BPPO’s Major Lopena in lieu of BPPO Chief Police Colonel Patricio Degay, revealed that there were a total of 7,251 crime cases reported in all police station blotters across Bohol in 2024, which shrunk to 7,193 by the following period in 2025.

This came, despite a noted 2.92 percent or 92 cases rise in crimes involving peace and order, or from 3,156 cases to 3,248, Lopena points out.

The increase in peace and order violations however was drowned by the notable 3.66 percent or some 150 cases decrease in public safety violations.

According to Camp Dagohoy, index crimes or crimes in violation of the Revised Penal Code decreased 33.9 percent or 253 cases from 746 to 493 in 2025, while non-index crimes or crimes in violation of special laws increased 14.3 percent or 345 incidents, from 2,410 in 2024 to 2,755.

As to the 8 major crimes which police put focus on, as these are indicators of peace and order, except for homicide which bloated from 8 to 16 cases or a 100% spike in 2025, all other crimes like physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, carnapping and motor napping all sagged.

Physical injury went down 28.7 percent from 209 to 149, rape at 22 percent less from 118 to 92 incidents, robbery at 17 percent from 58 to 48, theft at 53 percent or from 293 to 137, carnapping from 1 to zero at 100 percent and motor napping at 31 percent or from 29 cases to 20, the operations chief said.

Murder cases for both years 2024 and 2025 all reached 29 apiece.

For the non-index crimes, incidences of violations against the comprehensive dangerous drugs act of 2002 rose 34% or from 960 cases in 2024 to 1,287, anti-gambling law at 25.76 percent from 229 to 288, comprehensive law on firearms and ammunition of RA 10591 at 108.2 percent from 73 to 152.

This crime incidences show how your local police have been pro-active, as these are all from police initiated operations, Maj. Berondo pointed out.

As to plainly reported non-index crimes, violations against other special laws rose 11.42 percent or 49 cases from 429 to 478, and attempted and frustrated felonies at 2% from 98 to 96 and other Revised Penal Code violations other than index crimes registered a downtrend of 27 percent from 621 to 454 cases.

To this, Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado has pushed for the immediate approval of the PPOC budget for its plans, programs and activities, so the council could immediately work to sustain these small victories.

The governor has also been giving incentives to successful police anti-crime operations, which have been helping police units coordinate and build an intelligence network that lead to intelligence-driven operations that toun out positive results, according to Camp Dagohoy officals. (PIABohol)

ENHANCED POLICE PRESENCE. Camp Dagohoy intends to follow on the successes of the enhanced and intelligence driven anti-crime operations as the directives of the Regional Director Maranan and Chief PNP General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., according to Camp Dagohoy officials. (PIABohol/LV Bongosia)