You know that sinking feeling when you check gold prices these days? That moment when you realize the small chain you bought three years ago is now worth more than your monthly salary? Well, here’s the thing, criminals are feeling exactly the opposite.

At Rs 1.25 lakh per 10 grams today, gold isn’t just hitting record highs. It’s rewriting the economics of crime in ways that should make every gold owner in India very, very nervous.

The Math That’s Keeping Police Chiefs Awake

Let’s talk numbers, because they don’t lie. Since 2020, as gold prices shot up by 160%, something else climbed alongside crime rates. Chain snatching cases jumped 75%. Bank heists targeting gold increased by a staggering 500%.

But here’s the kicker: our data crunching revealed a correlation coefficient of 0.842 bet

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