After an exceptionally quiet April, the crime rate in the city climbed again in May amid the COVID-19-caused lockdown. As the city slowly sees easing of lockdown restrictions, crime is also steadily increasing. The number of body offences though has remained largely unchanged."

With people not allowed to venture outside, the city's 94 police stations recorded very low numbers of various crimes. "There was not a single chain-snatching incident in April. March saw 14 cases while two cases were registered in May," said a senior police officer. "In April, cases of housebreaking, theft of motor vehicles and other valuables reduced to less than half," the officer said. However, in May, 10 were murders reported as opposed to eight in April. In addition, 134 cases of causing hurting were reported in April and in May they doubled to 252. Cases of motor vehicle theft went up from 84 in April to 158 in May and theft cases increased from 34 in April to 51 in May.