Overview
- NCRB’s Crime in India 2024 report, released Wednesday, counted 58.85 lakh cognisable cases with the national crime rate falling to 418.9 per lakh.
- Cybercrime rose to 1,01,928 cases, about 18% higher than 2023, with fraud driving nearly three‑quarters of reports and Telangana logging the most cases.
- Crimes against women edged down about 1.5% to 4.41 lakh, while cases involving children grew to 1,87,702 and juvenile offending rose 11% to 34,878.
- Delhi registered about a 15% drop in total cases yet led metros in crimes against women, children, kidnappings and thefts, with 1,80,973 thefts and chargesheet rates near 32%.
- A steep fall in hurt cases reflected the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita’s reclassification that merged sections and made simple hurt non‑cognisable, complicating direct year‑on‑year comparisons.