Hyderabad rains: Man washed away by floodwater, locals shout for help On one side, while the coronavirus outbreak has slowed down businesses and crippled economies, affecting employment and daily wages of millions of people across the globe, on the other end, the pandemic has also stunned the law enforcement officials who find a consistent drop in crime rates in the recent weeks since measures were put into place to slow the spread of the virus. In a piece of good news for Hyderabadis, the city Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar this week informed the media that the crime rate in the city has witnessed "a drop by nearly 10 per cent in 2020".