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New Delhi: Cyber crimes have shown a staggering 31 percent increase in 2023, with 86,420 cases registered in the year, compared to 65,983 cases in 2022, according to the latest report from the National Crime Records Bureau. The crime rate, which measures the number of crimes per lakh population, increased from 4.8 in 2022 to 6.2 in 2023, it said. Defrauding gullible victims was a primary motive of the cyber criminals, with 68.9 percent of them driven by the desire to scam their victims in 59,5 ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 30 (PTI) Mumbai registered 65,441 cases in 2023 and remained in the fourth place in terms of registration of criminal cases among the metropolitan cities, according to the National Crime Records Bureau report. Delhi topped the list with 3,43,483 cases, whereas Bengaluru was ranked second with 68,520 cases and Kochi with 67,616 cases, the report said. In 2022, Mumbai had witnessed 89,098 criminal cases. India's financial capital was also in the fourth spot in 2023 when it came to m ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a disturbing development, the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) latest report, Crime in India 2023, has revealed the worsening trend of crimes against women in Odisha. The report revealed that Odisha is among the states and union territories that recorded the highest rate of crimes against women (crime per one lakh population) in the country in 2023. The rate of crimes against women in Odisha in the concerned year stood at 112.4, which is the fourth ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana recorded the second-highest crime rate against women in the country in 2023, reporting 124.9 cases per lakh female population, behind only Delhi, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The state ranked ahead of Rajasthan, Odisha, Haryana and Kerala. Delhi remains the highest in terms of crime rate against women in the country. According to the report, a total of 23,678 cases of crimes against women were registered in Telangana in 2023, marking a 7 per cent r ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 30 (PTI) Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, has topped the list of metropolitan cities in economic offences with 6,476 such cases registered in 2023, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data showed. However, as compared to the number of economic offences Mumbai reported in 2022, it saw a dip in such cases in 2023. While it reported 5,671 and 6,960 such cases in 2021 and 2022, respectively, this figure came down by 484 cases in 2023 as compared to its previous year, a ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " aga ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Crimes in Odisha rose in 2023 in comparison to cases in the previous two years. According to a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of crimes in Odisha under Indian Penal Code (IPC) rose to 1,70,022 in 2023. NCRB, under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, also reported a 78% chargesheeting rate in Odisha crime cases for 2023. The corresponding number of crimes in 2021 was 1,24,956 and in 2022 it was 1,43,414. The report went on to specify ...Read More >
Hyderabad: They are not quite the crime capitals of the country, but the rise in crime rates, both overall in Telangana and in Hyderabad, between 2012 and 2023, points to some disturbing trends, as per the latest Crime in India 2023 report from the National Crime Records Bureau. Though marginal, one of the findings in the report was an increase in incidents of violent crime, a trend that was reflected at both the state and in Hyderabad. Telangana, according to the report, had 9,844 incidents of ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Every week in 2023, Delhi reported nearly 88 new cases of economic offences on an average, adding up to 4,586 in the year, which was highest among Union territories, according to the latest NCRB data. The picture that emerges is one of a city grappling with a wide range of financial crimes, from everyday scams to high-value frauds running into crores of rupees. Of the total cases in the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) data for the UT, about 93 per cent (4,286 case ...Read More >
Lucknow, Sep 30 (PTI) Lucknow recorded more cases of murder, rape, kidnapping, acid attack, culpable homicides and deaths due to negligence with a higher crime rate than Ghaziabad or Kanpur, according to the latest NCRB data for 2023. Ghaziabad, Kanpur and Lucknow are the only three places from Uttar Pradesh which are included in the annual crime data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in the category of the 19 "metropolitan cities" that have a population of over 20 lakh. The ...Read More >
New Delhi: As many as 21,803 people were killed in 24,678 railway accidents in the country in 2023 with Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh reporting the highest fatalities, according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). In 2023, among all railway accidents, there were 56 cases due to fault of driver while 43 train accidents took place due to mechanical defects like poor design, track faults, bridge or tunnel collapse. The analysis of classification of railway accidents revealed t ...Read More >
New Delhi: India registered an increase of 0.7 per cent in crime against women in 2023 in comparison to 2022. The much-delayed National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2023 has revealed that 4,48,211 cases of crime against women were registered during 2023 in comparison to 4,45,256 cases registered in 2022. Majority of crime against women were registered under 'Cruelty by Husband or Relatives' (1,33,676 cases, 29.8 percent) and 'Kidnapping and Abduction of Women' (88,605 cases, 19.8 percen ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 30 (PTI) Maharashtra topped in recording abetment of suicide cases across the country with 1,389 offences in which 1,480 people died in 2023, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. Madhya Pradesh was on the second spot with 1,153 abetment of suicide cases in which 1,211 persons killed themselves, while Uttar Pradesh was on the third spot with 1,075 cases and 1,186 victims, data in the report showed. As per the data published by the New Delhi-headquarte ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Cyber crimes have shown a staggering 31 per cent increase in 2023, with 86,420 cases registered in the year, compared to 65,983 cases in 2022, according to the latest report from the National Crime Records Bureau. The crime rate, which measures the number of crimes per lakh population, increased from 4.8 in 2022 to 6.2 in 2023, it said. Defrauding gullible victims was a primary motive of the cyber criminals, with 68.9 per cent of them driven by the desire to scam their vi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Crime against women was highest in Delhi with over 13,000 cases registered in 2023 alone, as the national capital recorded the most number of dowry death and rape cases among 19 metropolitan cities, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. While Delhi's crime rate per lakh population stood at 14.4 per cent, lower than that of Indore and Jaipur, the city lodged 1,088 cases of rape. Jaipur registered 573 rape cases and Mumbai 196. Overall, crim ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) As many as 21,803 people were killed in 24,678 railway accidents in the country in 2023 with Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh reporting the highest fatalities, according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). In 2023, among all railway accidents, there were 56 cases due to fault of driver while 43 train accidents took place due to mechanical defects like poor design, track faults, bridge or tunnel collapse. The analysis of classification of railway accide ...Read More >
Jammu, Sep 30 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir has shown a decrease in the number of overall crime incidents from 2021 to 2023, recording a fall of 2,080 cases during the period, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report 2023 said. The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday released the 71st edition of the NCRB annual report, which presents a comprehensive analysis of crime statistics for the calendar year 2023. As per the report, overall crime data, including Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and Special a ...Read More >
NCRB data: A total of 207 cases of acid attacks were recorded in India in 2023, against 202 in 2022 and 176 in 2021. Of the total 207 cases, 57 were from Bengal The number of acid attacks across the country saw a significant rise between 2021 and 2023, with West Bengal reporting the highest number of cases, recent figures on 'Crimes in India' by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) suggest. The data show that a total of 207 cases of acid attacks were recorded in India in 2023, against 202 ...Read More >
India recorded a 2.8% decrease in murders in 2023, but new NCRB data reveals a concerning 28.8% surge in crimes against Scheduled Tribes. Cybercrimes also dramatically increased by 31.2%. Overall cognizable crimes rose by 7.2%, with a nominal 0.4% increase in crimes against women, indicating shifting crime landscapes across the nation. India recorded 27,721 cases of murder in 2023, less by 2.8 per cent from 2022, while crimes against Scheduled Tribes rose by a staggering 28 per cent during the ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Sep 30 (PTI) More than 8,900 incidents of violent crime were reported in Gujarat in 2023, a little less than the previous year's figure, as per the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The state's rate of violent crimes per lakh of population was almost half of the national rate. A total of 8,976 incidents of violent crime were reported in 2023, a decrease of 39 compared to the 2022 tally of 9,015. The figure translates into 12.5 incidents per lakh population, based ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sept 30 (PTI) More than 1.73 lakh people were killed and 4,47,969 others were injured in road accidents across the country in 2023 with 45.8 per cent of the victims riding two wheelers, while over-speeding and careless driving were found to be the two major causes of road accidents, according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Most of the road accidents, 95,984 out of the total 4,64,029, in the country in 2023 were reported during 6 pm to 9 pm, accounting for 20 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) India registered 27,886 cases of crimes against senior citizens in 2023, a marginal dip from 28,545 in 2022, with Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu among the states reporting the highest numbers, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) said in its annual report. Crime head-wise, the highest number of cases (7,608 or 27.3 per cent) was registered under "simple hurt", followed by theft (4,130, 14.8 per cent) and "FCF" (forgery, cheating and fraud) (3,473, 12.5 pe ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad topped the list of forgery, cheating and fraud cases in 2023 compared to 16 major cities in the country, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released on Monday. As many as 4,090 cases related to Section 420 (cheating) read with Sections 465 (Forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (use of a forged document or electronic record as genuine) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and IT Act were booked with as many as 4,203 victims. These cases were amon ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) A total of 31,365 cases were registered in the country against juveniles in 2023, marking a 2.7-per cent rise over 2022, with Delhi recording the highest crime rate at 41 per one-lakh children, according to the latest NCRB report. Nationwide, the crime rate of juveniles increased from 6.9 in 2022 to 7.1 in 2023, according to the data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The report also said a total of 40,036 juveniles were apprehended in 31,365 cases, includin ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) A total of 1,77,335 cases of crime against children were registered in the country in 2023, showing an increase of 9.2 per cent over 2022, according to the latest NCRB report. The data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) showed that the crime rate in 2023 stood at 39.9 per one-lakh child population in comparison to 36.6 in 2022. In 2022, a total of 1,62,449 cases of crimes against children were recorded, while the number stood at 1,49,404 in 2021. "A t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Over 1.16 lakh cases of kidnapping and abduction were reported across the country in 2023, of which nearly 18,000 cases -- involving 9,000 children and 8,800 adults -- were of elopement, according to the latest report from the National Crime Records Bureau. In 2023, a total of 1,13,564 kidnapping and abduction cases were registered, showing an increase of over 5.6 per cent from 2022 when 1,07,588 cases were lodged, it said. Delhi, with 5,715 cases of kidnapping and abdu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) As many as 1,71,418 suicides were reported in the country during 2023, an increase of 0.3 per cent in comparison to 2022, with family problems and illness being the two major causes, according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The majority of suicides were reported in Maharashtra (22,687) followed by 19,483 suicides in Tamil Nadu, 15,662 in Madhya Pradesh, 13,330 in Karnataka and 12,819 suicides in West Bengal accounting for 13.2 per cent, 11.4 per ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi reported the highest number of murder cases at 503 among metropolitan cities, followed by Bengaluru with 206 and Jaipur with 129, according to National Crime Records Bureau data. Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 124 such cases and Ahmedabad reported 109. In Delhi, 59 incidents took place due to family disputes, 18 due to land and property dispute, 43 during dacoity or robbery, 21 due to love affair, and 28 due to illicit relationship, the data showed. Delhi also topped in abduction ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The national capital has witnessed a significant decline in the number of vehicles per 1,000 people over the past eight years, along with a reduction in road accidents, even as ridership trends on buses and metro services showed contrasting patterns, according to the Delhi State Framework Indicator Report on Sustainable Development Goals released by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The report reveals that vehicle density per 1,000 population dropped sharply from 530 in 20 ...Read More >
A government report reveals interesting trends in Delhi. Vehicle density decreased between 2015 and 2024. Road accidents also saw a decline during this period. DTC and cluster buses increased in number. However, daily ridership on these buses reduced. Delhi Metro ridership significantly increased. Access to public transport initially declined but later improved. The number of vehicles per 1,000 people declined from 530 in 2015-16 to 373 in 2023-24 in Delhi while road accidents also decreased fr ...Read More >
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