QuestionsQuestions (PNP LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS 02/09)
To promote consistency in recording crime incidence by prescribing a uniform procedure for the PNP in reporting and collecting crime data, including cases reported to other law enforcement agencies, and to use these data for anti-criminality policies and programs.
The National Crime Reporting System (NCRS) focuses more on details of the crime (victim’s data, offender’s data, etc.), while crime statistics from Police Regional Office Periodic Report (PROPER) primarily concerns what happened, where, to whom, why, and results of investigation.
Index crimes are serious crimes that occur with sufficient frequency and regularity to serve as an index to the crime situation. The LOI lists murder, homicide, physical injury (serious and less serious), carnapping, cattle rustling, robbery, theft, and rape.
Crime rate is the number of crime incidents in a given period for every 100,000 inhabitants of an area. Formula: Crime rate = Crime Volume / (Population/100,000).
A case is solved when: the offender has been identified; there is sufficient evidence to charge him; the offender has been taken into custody; and the offender has been charged before the prosecutor’s office or court of appropriate jurisdiction. It may still be considered solved if police-controlled elements are prevented beyond police control (e.g., victim refuses to prosecute, offender dies, or absconds).
CSE = (Solved Cases / Crime Volume) x 100%.
A cleared case requires at least one offender identified, sufficient evidence to charge, and charging before the prosecutor or any court of appropriate jurisdiction; cleared cases include solved cases.
CCE = (Cleared Cases / Crime Volume) x 100%, where CC = Cleared Cases and CV = Crime Volume.
The Police Blotter, which serves as the main source of crime data for submission and as the basis for preparing the Unit Periodic Report and NCRS Form 1.
As a general rule, all crime incidents—whether reported by victims, witnesses, or third parties—must be recorded in the police blotter, even under specified circumstances (e.g., ill offender unlikely to recover, dead complainant/essential witness, refusal/permanent inability of witness, or victim/complainant/witness are minors).
The police unit with territorial jurisdiction where the crime was committed.
It should be recorded and reported as a single crime by the unit taking cognizance of the crime.
Only consummated murder cases are counted as murder. Attempted and frustrated cases of murder are counted as physical injury cases only if the victim(s) was injured; otherwise they are counted as non-index crimes.
Only consummated homicide cases are counted as homicide. Attempted/frustrated homicide resulting in injuries are counted as physical injury cases; otherwise they are counted as non-index crimes.
No. The LOI states that suicide shall not be counted as a crime.
Violations of provincial/city/municipal and barangay ordinances shall not be counted.
For compound and complex crimes, only the most serious offense should be counted (principal crime rule).
Failure/refusal by immediate supervisors and/or heads of offices may constitute “neglect of duty” under NAPOLCOM Memorandum Circular 2007-001. Deliberate or intentional manipulation (e.g., under counting, false entry, or acts not reflecting the accurate crime situation) constitutes “serious irregularity in the performance of duty” under the same NAPOLCOM Memorandum Circular 2007-001.
It takes effect fifteen days upon filing at the UP Law Center.