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Poverty & Crime

Some Facts:

With the increasing unemployment and deteriorating economic situation, crime rate is expected to grow exponentially.

The crime rate in Pakistan as reported by the National Police Bureau, Ministry of Interior, has been increasing at a rate of 12.2% from 2012 – 2018 reported time-frame.

Pakistan is at this time experiencing a Youth Bulge, where over 64% of its population is under the age of 30 years.

The following research studies from some of the most well respected universities all over the world, such as Harvard University and multilateral institutions such as IMF and World Bank, give weight-age to the point that when poverty increases, crime rate within a country goes up as well.

On the other hand research has also proven that countries which are able to bring in or introduce positive societal interventions have seen to have a decrease in crime.