New Delhi, May 7 -- The Capital recorded a 15% drop in registered criminal cases in 2024, with roughly 275,000 cases lodged under the Indian Penal Code and its successor Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), down from 324,000 odd in 2023, according to the National Crime Records Bureau's annual report released on Wednesday. The 2024 edition is the first to capture data under the BNS, which came into effect on July 1, 2024. The decline, however, has not altered Delhi's standing among India's 19 metro cities. The Capital continues to lead in all categories of violent crime. Delhi recorded 504 murders in 2024, marginally down from 506 in 2023 and 509 in 2022, but well ahead of Bengaluru, which reported 176, and Surat with 114. Of the 522 people killed...