Number of serious crimes fell this Dashain, police say

Police data show 21 minor incidents of crime were registered in the past two weeks in contrast to 773 in 2019 and 568 in 2018 during the festival.

As people leave the Kathmandu Valley for their hometowns in droves ahead of Dashain every year, the valley usually witnesses an uptick in the number of crimes, especially burglary and hooliganism. For the burglars, empty homes and apartments provide an opportunity to break into them and walk away with valuable goods. But this year, only a few such incidents were reported in the valley, a sharp decline from the numbers in previous years, police said.