The crime volume in Metro Manila went down by at least 23 percent, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said Saturday.

From Nov. 23, 2024 to May 2025, a total of 2,589 focus crimes were recorded in Metro Manila.

The figure is lower by 23.19 percent when compared to 3,368 crimes during the same period in the previous year.

Focus crimes are murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, theft, robbery, vehicle theft, and motorcycle theft.

Police released the data after the South Korean embassy warned its citizens to be careful amid what it described as a deteriorating crime situation and serious crimes targeting Koreans.

It issued an advisory after two Koreans lost P200,000 worth of designer bags after they were held at gunpoint by four men on two motorcycles in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig on May 17. DMS