lucknow in a unique trend crimes committed by foreigners have increased in uttar pradesh while crime against them have registered a dip as compared to previous yearaccording to the annual crime in india 2019 report of the national crime records bureau ncrb crime against foreigners declined by 661 in 2019 as compared to 2018 while crimes committed by them went up by 171 in 2018 35 cases were registered against foreigners in connection with various offences while the figure went up to 41 in 2019in contrast 62 crimes were committed against foreigners in 2018 which dropped to 21 in 2019 in states like goa and rajasthan which have a high presence of foreigners crimes committed by them have decreasedin goa 138 crimes were committed by foreigners in 2018 but it went down to 110 in 2019 likewise in rajasthan 33 crimes were committed by foreigners in 2018 while last year only 12 cases were registered a senior police officer at the dgp headquarters said most of the foreigners involved in crimes in 2019 were booked for theft or under the passport acthe said over 80 of the cases were reported from mathura varanasi and agra which are common destinations for foreigners in upinspector general of police agra range a satish ganesh attributed the decline to a slew of reforms initiated by the up police in strengthening tourist policea robust cctv network was put in place near asiprotected sites while gangs of touts near railway stations and hotels were busted all these measures led to a drop in crime against foreigners he said in varanasi patrolling and rounding up of touts near ghats and temples helped in checking crime against foreigners said additional superintendent of police vikas tripathi