Number of focus crimes Philippines 2022, by type

In 2022, about 13 thousand cases of theft, classified as an index or focus crime, were reported in the Philippines. Index or focus crimes are sever crimes occurring with sufficient frequency and regularity. In the Philippines, there are eight main types of such crimes.

Crimes against persons

Murder, homicide, rape, and inflicting physical injury are among the crimes against persons categorized as index crimes in the Philippines. Aside from these, human trafficking was also a matter of concern, especially in 2014, when the number of victims peaked over one thousand. The number of rape cases in the country also saw a sharp increase to nearly 10 thousand cases in that year.

Other types of crimes

Among other kinds of crime, the Philippines was caught in the grip of drug-related offenses, with about 12.4 thousand crime incidents involving illegal drugs were recorded in the National Capital Region alone in 2020. Furthermore, in 2019, nearly 1.2 million cyberattacks incidents in the form of hacking were reported nationwide with region 4-A, NCR, and region three being the worst affected.