A total of 6,734 theft, 422 dacoity, 1,621 rape and 943 murder cases were reported at different police stations by December 31 during the year of 2016-17 across the State.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJP MlA Duryodhan Majhi on Monday.
According to information furnished by the Chief Minister as many as 9886 theft, 507 dacoity, 2313 rape and 1482 murder cases were reported during 2015-16 while the numbers stood at 9569, 571, 2082 and 1440, respectively, during the preceding year, 2014-15. In 2013-14, the number of above cases were 9933, 525, 1829 and 1470, respectively.