Why has Jammu region a higher crime graph? If on the one hand we claim that the people of this region have inherited laudable cultural traits, then the crime graph of the region should be as low as possible. That is not the case. According to crime data of 2013, Jammu province shows a crime rate of 257 per 1 lac population as against 252 for Jammu and Kashmir State as whole. Jammu province accounts for 26% of geographical area of the State, 35% of its urban population, 52% of its total population but as much as 55% (13738/25390) of its crimes! Apparently, there is a greater criminalization of this region. This is not a happy situation. Social anthropologists ought to conduct a study of this phenomenon. Is it because of unemployment among the youth? Is it because of old clan rivalry and its fallout? Is it fierce commercial competition? Many theories can be built but the reality will come to surface only when a scientific study is conducted. According to some commentators one of the reasons for high rate of crime in Jammu is that there is high density of population and large industrial labour population also. It has to be noted that Jammu is a fast developing city and large number of labourers are coming here from other states for work especially the constructional work. Concentration of large labour class which has no amenities and recreation to rejuvenate life is more prone to committing crimes or crime related acts. Additionally, of late drug peddling has become a widespread menace in Jammu and many crimes are drug related. We expect the police and law and order agencies to take cognizance of this situation and gear up to controlling the menace as quickly as possible.
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