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Crime rate on decline, but murders up in Delhi

Despite a marginal decline in criminal offences, Delhi continued to be India's crime capital in 2007. A whopping 53,244 criminal cases - including 467 murders, 581 rapes, 1764 dacoity and other heinous crimes - were registered in the city during the year.8:32 PM on January 02