Robbery incidents have dropped dramatically since 2016 and continue to decline as the year draws to a close, as shown in data the Philippine National Police (PNP) released on Friday.

According to the PNP Public Information Office, a comparison of robbery cases from January to October 2016 and the ones covering the same months of 2017 shows that theft cases dropped by 23.61 percent from 18,259 in 2016 to 13,948 cases in 2017.

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