Lok Sabha Question No. 973 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Criminal Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Veena Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 973

TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  THE  13 TH   DECEMBER,  2022/AGRAHAYANA  22,  1944 (SAKA)

CRIMINAL CASES

†973.  SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether there has been increase in various types of crimes such as theft, dacoity,  robbery,  rape,  child  kidnapping  across  the  country  in  the  recent years;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  total  number  of  such  cases  reported separately  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State-wise including Bihar;

(c) whether there has been sharp rise in various types of crimes committed in State of Bihar in recent years; and

(d) whether  any stringent action plan has been  chalked out by the Government in consultation with the State Governments to stop these crimes and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a)  to  (c):  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and  publishes information  on  crimes  in  its  publication  'Crime  in  India'.  The  published reports are available till the year 2021. State-wise details of cases of crime on theft, dacoity, robbery, rape and child kidnapping, including for the State of Bihar, during 2019, 2020 & 2021 are given in Annexure. The data does not show any such trend.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 973 FOR 13.12.2022

(d): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  State  Governments  are  responsible  for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crime and for prosecuting the criminals through their law enforcement agencies. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs have issued advisories to States and UTs, from time  to  time,  to  maintain  law  and  order  and  ensure  that  any  person  who takes law into his/her own hand is punished promptly as per law.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Rape, Theft, Robbery, Dacoity and Kidnapping & Abduction during 2019, 2020 and 2021 as per NCRB data

| SL   | State/UT                    |       |       |       | Theft   |   Theft |   Theft | Robbery   |   Robbery |   Robbery | Dacoity   |   Dacoity |   Dacoity | Kidnapping and Abduction of Children   |   Kidnapping and Abduction of Children | Kidnapping and Abduction of Children   |
|------|-----------------------------|-------|-------|-------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| SL   | State/UT                    | 2019  |  2020 |  2021 | 2019    |    2020 |    2021 | 2019      |      2020 |      2021 | 2019      |      2020 |      2021 | 2019                                   |                                   2020 | 2021                                   |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh              | 1086  |  1095 |  1188 | 11301   |    9508 |   11831 | 310       |       237 |       259 | 40        |        39 |        74 | 521                                    |                                    487 | 487                                    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 63    |    60 |    83 | 489     |     395 |     745 | 76        |        48 |        50 | 15        |         7 |         7 | 61                                     |                                     41 | 52                                     |
| 3    | Assam                       | 1773  |  1657 |  1733 | 16478   |   14391 |   17351 | 1944      |      1577 |      1885 | 198       |       198 |       188 | 3742                                   |                                   2312 | 2704                                   |
| 4    | Bihar                       | 730   |   806 |   786 | 34971   |   31982 |   38277 | 2398      |      1902 |      2422 | 391       |       222 |       267 | 6318                                   |                                   3539 | 3918                                   |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                | 1036  |  1210 |  1093 | 7110    |    6040 |    8080 | 439       |       458 |       553 | 50        |        85 |        73 | 2573                                   |                                   1935 | 2612                                   |
| 6    | Goa                         | 72    |    60 |    72 | 515     |     398 |     565 | 11        |        13 |        27 | 3         |         2 |         1 | 50                                     |                                     35 | 44                                     |
| 7    | Gujarat                     | 528   |   486 |   589 | 14282   |    9487 |   10662 | 1035      |       498 |       560 | 208       |       138 |       121 | 1450                                   |                                    960 | 1210                                   |
| 8    | Haryana                     | 1480  |  1373 |  1716 | 25792   |   20657 |   27011 | 620       |       657 |       692 | 153       |       151 |       156 | 1810                                   |                                   1488 | 2050                                   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh            | 359   |   331 |   358 | 477     |     347 |     475 | 12        |         8 |         8 | 1         |         2 |         3 | 411                                    |                                    312 | 393                                    |
| 10   | Jharkhand                   | 1416  |  1321 |  1425 | 10441   |    9470 |    9504 | 666       |       652 |       693 | 134       |       119 |       124 | 565                                    |                                    505 | 583                                    |
| 11   | Karnataka                   | 505   |   504 |   555 | 18840   |   13871 |   17140 | 1865      |      1354 |      1618 | 226       |       194 |       188 | 2640                                   |                                   1936 | 2546                                   |
| 12   | Kerala                      | 2023  |   637 |   771 | 3401    |    2418 |    3119 | 741       |       610 |       780 | 87        |        69 |        64 | 280                                    |                                    200 | 259                                    |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh              | 2485  |  2339 |  2947 | 29270   |   23716 |   30503 | 1290      |       994 |      1165 | 85        |        65 |        84 | 9281                                   |                                   7058 | 9137                                   |
| 14   | Maharashtra                 | 2299  |  2061 |  2496 | 96517   |   55730 |   67218 | 7763      |      5054 |      6067 | 615       |       473 |       623 | 10704                                  |                                   7392 | 9555                                   |
| 15   | Manipur                     | 36    |    32 |    26 | 877     |     659 |     918 | 2         |         3 |         8 | 7         |         0 |         0 | 63                                     |                                     35 | 36                                     |
| 16   | Meghalaya                   | 102   |    67 |    75 | 752     |     711 |     727 | 83        |        54 |        69 | 40        |        23 |        26 | 71                                     |                                     50 | 63                                     |
| 17   | Mizoram                     | 42    |    33 |    26 | 1057    |     676 |    1081 | 7         |         8 |        21 | 0         |         1 |         2 | 2                                      |                                      3 | 2                                      |
| 18   | Nagaland                    | 8     |     4 |     4 | 378     |     386 |     428 | 28        |        23 |        16 | 1         |         0 |         2 | 33                                     |                                      5 | 10                                     |
| 19   | Odisha                      | 1382  |  1211 |  1456 | 10766   |   10412 |   13024 | 2492      |      2162 |      2814 | 401       |       307 |       355 | 4602                                   |                                   3915 | 5187                                   |
| 20   | Punjab                      | 1002  |   502 |   464 | 7562    |    6401 |    8418 | 91        |       102 |       107 | 25        |        39 |        43 | 1331                                   |                                   1032 | 1440                                   |
| 21   | Rajasthan                   | 5997  |  5310 |  6337 | 40815   |   28695 |   34873 | 1421      |      1155 |      1485 | 107       |        76 |        78 | 3132                                   |                                   2769 | 3593                                   |
| 22   | Sikkim                      | 11    |    12 |     8 | 32      |      29 |      32 | 3         |         4 |         6 | 2         |         0 |         0 | 51                                     |                                     31 | 38                                     |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                  | 362   |   389 |   422 | 15684   |   12492 |   14274 | 2444      |      2023 |      2558 | 113       |       128 |       111 | 319                                    |                                    252 | 259                                    |
| 24   | Telangana                   | 873   |   764 |   823 | 12477   |    9475 |   14017 | 505       |       349 |       464 | 45        |        32 |        42 | 1223                                   |                                   1258 | 1748                                   |
| 25   | Tripura                     | 88    |    79 |    61 | 502     |     353 |     361 | 21        |         4 |        17 | 8         |         3 |         7 | 119                                    |                                     99 | 106                                    |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh               | 3065  |  2769 |  2845 | 50197   |   33250 |   40944 | 2241      |      1633 |      1909 | 124       |       120 |       130 | 7797                                   |                                   5513 | 6814                                   |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                 | 526   |   487 |   534 | 1830    |    1458 |    2195 | 175       |       128 |       174 | 18        |         6 |        14 | 493                                    |                                    365 | 239                                    |
| 28   | West Bengal                 | 1068  |  1128 |  1123 | 12163   |    9242 |    9232 | 278       |       318 |       318 | 37        |        53 |        52 | 3455                                   |                                   7079 | 6394                                   |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 30417 | 26727 | 30016 | 424976  |  312649 |  383005 | 28961     |     22028 |     26745 | 3134      |      2552 |      2835 | 63097                                  |                                  50606 | 61479                                  |
| 29   | A&N Islands                 | 13    |     2 |    15 | 32      |      25 |      20 | 0         |         0 |         2 | 0         |         1 |         0 | 26                                     |                                      6 | 6                                      |
| 30   | Chandigarh                  | 112   |    60 |    74 | 908     |     614 |     757 | 33        |        23 |        17 | 4         |         1 |         6 | 153                                    |                                    112 | 149                                    |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 4     |     4 |     3 | 87      |      47 |      64 | 9         |         7 |        11 | 0         |         2 |         3 | 32                                     |                                     19 | 46                                     |
| 32   | Delhi                       | 1253  |   997 |  1250 | 245985  |  177439 |  199981 | 1956      |      1963 |      2333 | 15        |         9 |        26 | 5537                                   |                                   3748 | 5053                                   |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 223   |   243 |   315 | 1923    |    2064 |    2397 | 73        |        70 |       104 | 1         |         5 |         3 | 285                                    |                                    293 | 478                                    |
| 34   | Ladakh                      | -     |     2 |     2 | -       |       2 |      10 | -         |         0 |         0 | -         |         0 |         0 | -                                      |                                      0 | 0                                      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                 | 0     |     3 |     0 | 19      |       9 |       7 | 0         |         0 |         0 | 0         |         0 |         0 | 0                                      |                                      1 | 0                                      |
| 36   | Puducherry                  | 10    |     8 |     2 | 484     |     323 |     408 | 20        |        16 |        12 | 3         |         3 |         4 | 0                                      |                                      0 | 34 5766                                |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 1615  |  1319 |  1661 | 249438  |  180523 |  203644 | 2091      |      2079 |      2479 | 23        |        21 |        42 | 6033                                   |                                   4179 |                                        |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 32032 | 28046 | 31677 | 674414  |  493172 |  586649 | 31052     |     24107 |     29224 | 3157      |      2573 |      2877 | 69130                                  |                                  54785 | 67245                                  |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during during 2019