Lok Sabha Question No. 463 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Crimes against Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 463

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024/ MAGHA 17, 1945 (SAKA)

CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN

463. SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  top  three  States  and  Union  Territories  that  have  highest  number  of crimes against women during the last five years, year-wise;

(b) whether there is any intention to place any punitive action on the States that have high crimes against women, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether Kolkata has been rated as the safest city in the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(d)  the  total  number  of  crimes  against  women  reported  during  the  last  ten years as on 31 December, 2023, State-wise?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a) to (d) : National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles statistical data on crimes  as  reported  to  it  by  the  States/UTs  and  publishes  the  same  in  its publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report pertains to the year 2022.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  Cases  Registered  under  Crime  against Women  during  years  2013  to  2022,  are  at  Annexure-I.  Details  of  Cases Registered  under  Crime  against  Women  during  years  2013-2022  in  19 Metropolitan Cities including Kolkata  are  at Annexure-II.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 463 FOR 06.02.2024

'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the  Constitution  of  India.  The  responsibility  of  maintaining  law  and  order, protection of life and property of the citizens including women rest with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with  such  offences  under  the  extant  provisions  of  laws.  Ministry  of  Home Affairs  has  issued  advisories  from  time  to  time  with  a  view  to  help  the States/UTs  to  deal  with  crimes  against  women,  which  are  available  at www.mha.gov.in

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Crime against Women during 2013 to 2022

| SL   | State/UT                    | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh              | 32809  | 16526  | 15967  | 16362  | 17909  | 16438  | 17746  |  17089 |  17752 |  25503 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 288    | 351    | 384    | 367    | 337    | 368    | 317    |    281 |    366 |    335 |
| 3    | Assam                       | 17449  | 19169  | 23365  | 20869  | 23082  | 27687  | 30025  |  26352 |  29046 |  14148 |
| 4    | Bihar                       | 13609  | 15393  | 13904  | 13400  | 14711  | 16920  | 18587  |  15359 |  17950 |  20222 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                | 7012   | 6301   | 5783   | 5947   | 7996   | 8587   | 7689   |   7385 |   7344 |   8693 |
| 6    | Goa                         | 440    | 508    | 392    | 371    | 369    | 362    | 329    |    219 |    224 |    273 |
| 7    | Gujarat                     | 12283  | 10854  | 7777   | 8532   | 8133   | 8329   | 8799   |   8028 |   7348 |   7731 |
| 8    | Haryana                     | 9089   | 9010   | 9511   | 9839   | 11370  | 14326  | 14683  |  13000 |  16658 |  16743 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh            | 1478   | 1529   | 1295   | 1222   | 1246   | 1633   | 1636   |   1614 |   1599 |   1551 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                   | 6506   | 6086   | 6568   | 5453   | 5911   | 7083   | 8760   |   7630 |   8110 |   7678 |
| 11   | Karnataka                   | 12027  | 14004  | 12775  | 14131  | 14078  | 13514  | 13828  |  12680 |  14468 |  17813 |
| 12   | Kerala                      | 11216  | 11451  | 9767   | 10034  | 11057  | 10461  | 11462  |  10139 |  13539 |  15213 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh              | 22061  | 28756  | 24231  | 26604  | 29788  | 28942  | 27560  |  25640 |  30673 |  32765 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                 | 24895  | 26818  | 31216  | 31388  | 31979  | 35497  | 37144  |  31954 |  39526 |  45331 |
| 15   | Manipur                     | 285    | 337    | 266    | 253    | 236    | 271    | 266    |    247 |    302 |    248 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                   | 343    | 390    | 337    | 372    | 567    | 571    | 558    |    568 |    685 |    690 |
| 17   | Mizoram                     | 177    | 258    | 158    | 120    | 301    | 249    | 170    |    172 |    176 |    147 |
| 18   | Nagaland #                  | 67     | 68     | 91     | 105    | 79     | 75     | 43     |     39 |     54 |     49 |
| 19   | Odisha                      | 14173  | 14651  | 17200  | 17837  | 20098  | 20274  | 23183  |  25489 |  31352 |  23648 |
| 20   | Punjab                      | 4994   | 5481   | 5340   | 5105   | 4620   | 5302   | 5886   |   4838 |   5662 |   5572 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                   | 27933  | 31216  | 28224  | 27422  | 25993  | 27866  | 41550  |  34535 |  40738 |  45058 |
| 22   | Sikkim                      | 93     | 111    | 53     | 153    | 163    | 172    | 125    |    140 |    130 |    179 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                  | 7475   | 6354   | 5919   | 4463   | 5397   | 5822   | 5934   |   6630 |   8501 |   9207 |
| 24   | Telangana                   | -      | 14147  | 15425  | 15374  | 17521  | 16027  | 18394  |  17791 |  20865 |  22066 |
| 25   | Tripura                     | 1628   | 1618   | 1267   | 1013   | 972    | 907    | 1070   |    874 |    807 |    752 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh               | 32546  | 38918  | 35908  | 49262  | 56011  | 59445  | 59853  |  49385 |  56083 |  65743 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                 | 1719   | 1413   | 1465   | 1588   | 1944   | 2817   | 2541   |   2846 |   3431 |   4337 |
| 28   | West Bengal                 | 29826  | 38424  | 33318  | 32513  | 30992  | 30394  | 29859  |  36439 |  35884 |  34738 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 292421 | 320142 | 307906 | 320099 | 342860 | 360339 | 387997 | 357363 | 409273 | 426433 |
| 29   | A&N Islands                 | 106    | 117    | 136    | 108    | 132    | 147    | 135    |    143 |    169 |    178 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                  | 488    | 434    | 468    | 414    | 453    | 442    | 515    |    301 |    343 |    325 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 45     | 37     | 54     | 69     | 46     | 54     | 82     |     61 |     99 |    126 |
| 32   | Delhi                       | 12888  | 15319  | 17222  | 15310  | 13076  | 13640  | 13395  |  10093 |  14277 |  14247 |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 3509   | 3327   | 3366   | 2850   | 3129   | 3437   | 3069   |   3405 |   3937 |   3716 |
| 34   | Ladakh                      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      |      9 |     18 |     15 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                 | 3      | 4      | 9      | 9      | 6      | 11     | 38     |     15 |      9 |     16 |
| 36   | Puducherry                  | 86     | 77     | 82     | 95     | 147    | 166    | 95     |    113 |    153 |    200 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 17125  | 19315  | 21337  | 18855  | 16989  | 17897  | 17329  |  14140 |  19005 |  18823 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 309546 | 339457 | 329243 | 338954 | 359849 | 378236 | 405326 | 371503 | 428278 | 445256 |

Source: Crime in India

Note: Telangana State was created in 2014

'#' Clarifications are pending from Nagaland for the year 2022

'+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for 2013-2019

' *' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for 2013-2019

L.S.US.Q.NO. 463 FOR 06.02.2024

## Cases Registered under Crime against Women in 19 Metropolitan Cities during 2013 to 2022

| SL   | 19 Metropolitan Cities   |   2013 |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Ahmedabad                |   2449 |   1371 |   1067 |   1126 |   1405 |   1416 |   1633 |   1524 |   1554 |   1452 |
| 2    | Bengaluru                |   2608 |   3100 |   3109 |   3412 |   3565 |   3427 |   3486 |   2730 |   3127 |   3924 |
| 3    | Chennai                  |    838 |    906 |    533 |    544 |    642 |    761 |    729 |    576 |    874 |    736 |
| 4    | Coimbatore               |    124 |    105 |    109 |    102 |     76 |    107 |     85 |     97 |    190 |    138 |
| 5    | Delhi City               |  11449 |  13260 |  14766 |  13803 |  11542 |  11724 |  12902 |   9782 |  13982 |  14158 |
| 6    | Ghaziabad                |    830 |   1027 |    904 |   1031 |   1166 |   1128 |    793 |    341 |    591 |   1063 |
| 7    | Hyderabad                |   2132 |   2128 |   2450 |   2419 |   2272 |   2332 |   2755 |   2390 |   3050 |   3145 |
| 8    | Indore                   |    940 |    941 |    929 |   1055 |   1349 |   1593 |   1755 |   1346 |   1794 |   1809 |
| 9    | Jaipur                   |   2033 |   2428 |   2201 |   2090 |   1857 |   2030 |   3417 |   2369 |   2827 |   3479 |
| 10   | Kanpur                   |    446 |    859 |    817 |   1050 |   1574 |   1574 |   1315 |   1056 |    894 |   2099 |
| 11   | Kochi                    |    385 |    464 |    408 |    392 |    535 |    537 |    492 |    403 |    531 |    754 |
| 12   | Kolkata                  |   2399 |   2353 |   1927 |   1693 |   1975 |   2176 |   1474 |   2001 |   1783 |   1890 |
| 13   | Kozhikode                |    365 |    343 |    363 |    352 |    347 |    349 |    473 |    394 |    632 |    759 |
| 14   | Lucknow                  |   1431 |   1260 |   1461 |   2205 |   2468 |   2736 |   2425 |   2636 |   2161 |   2231 |
| 15   | Mumbai                   |   2946 |   3974 |   4819 |   5128 |   5453 |   6058 |   6519 |   4583 |   5543 |   6176 |
| 16   | Nagpur                   |    679 |    814 |   1312 |   1379 |   1152 |   1083 |   1144 |    920 |   1156 |   1259 |
| 17   | Patna                    |    918 |   1031 |   1340 |   1284 |    870 |    956 |    981 |    495 |    487 |    812 |
| 18   | Pune                     |   1130 |   1327 |   1984 |   2131 |   2032 |   1481 |   1390 |   1055 |   1616 |   2074 |
| 19   | Surat                    |    872 |    694 |    502 |    565 |    559 |    712 |   1015 |    633 |    622 |    797 |
|      | TOTAL CITIES             |  34974 |  38385 |  41001 |  41761 |  40839 |  42180 |  44783 |  35331 |  43414 |  48755 |

Source: Crime in India