Lok Sabha Question No. 1271 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Crime against Women and Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri S Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1271

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 TH  JULY, 2024/ SHRAVAN 8, 1946 (SAKA)

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

1271 SHRI S VENKATESAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  cases  of  crimes  against  women  in  2014  and subsequent years upto 2023;

(b)  the  number  of  crimes  against  children  in  2014  and  subsequent years upto 2023; and

(c) the details of Nirbhaya fund allocation and utilisation from financial year 2015 to 2024, year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) & (b): 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 details of number of cases registered under crime against women and children during years 2014-2022 are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

L.S.US.Q.NO. 1271 FOR 30.07.2024 (c): Under the Nirbhaya Fund, upto the financial year 2023-24, a total amount  of  Rs.  7212.85  Crore  has  been  allocated,  out  of  which  Rs. 5212.85  Crore  has  been  allocated  between  financial  year  2015-2016 and 2023-24. The total amount released by the Ministries/ Departments and utilized  out  of  the  Nirbhaya  Fund  since  inception  is  Rs:  5501.48 Crore which is nearly 75% of the total allocation.

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Total Crime against Women during 2014-2022

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

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2014-2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2014-2019

# Clarifications are pending from Nagaland for the year 2022

State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Total Crime against Children during 2014-2022

| SL   | State/UT                  | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|---------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh            | 2059   | 1992   | 1847   | 2397   | 2672   | 2524   |   2648 |   2669 |   3308 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh         | 134    | 181    | 133    | 138    | 166    | 153    |    113 |    162 |    143 |
| 3    | Assam                     | 1385   | 2835   | 3964   | 4951   | 5447   | 6608   |   4622 |   5282 |   4084 |
| 4    | Bihar                     | 2255   | 1917   | 3932   | 5386   | 7340   | 9320   |   6591 |   6894 |   8122 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh              | 4358   | 4469   | 4746   | 6518   | 6924   | 5665   |   5056 |   6001 |   6177 |
| 6    | Goa                       | 330    | 242    | 230    | 196    | 182    | 167    |    125 |    151 |    184 |
| 7    | Gujarat                   | 3219   | 3623   | 3637   | 3955   | 4929   | 4685   |   4075 |   4515 |   4964 |
| 8    | Haryana                   | 2540   | 3262   | 3099   | 4169   | 4869   | 5119   |   4338 |   5700 |   6138 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh          | 467    | 477    | 467    | 528    | 772    | 748    |    636 |    740 |    740 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                 | 423    | 406    | 717    | 1247   | 1479   | 1674   |   1795 |   1867 |   1917 |
| 11   | Karnataka                 | 3416   | 3961   | 4455   | 5890   | 6131   | 6305   |   5471 |   7261 |   7988 |
| 12   | Kerala                    | 2391   | 2384   | 2879   | 3562   | 4253   | 4754   |   3941 |   4536 |   5640 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh            | 15085  | 12859  | 13746  | 19038  | 18992  | 19028  |  17008 |  19173 |  20415 |
| 14   | Maharashtra               | 8115   | 13921  | 14559  | 16918  | 18892  | 19592  |  14371 |  17261 |  20762 |
| 15   | Manipur                   | 137    | 110    | 134    | 109    | 128    | 148    |    125 |    143 |    120 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                 | 213    | 257    | 240    | 379    | 385    | 379    |    415 |    481 |    496 |
| 17   | Mizoram                   | 178    | 186    | 188    | 220    | 198    | 125    |    142 |    122 |    135 |
| 18   | Nagaland #                | 25     | 61     | 78     | 93     | 70     | 59     |     31 |     51 |     35 |
| 19   | Odisha                    | 2196   | 2562   | 3286   | 3185   | 5217   | 7012   |   6330 |   7899 |   8240 |
| 20   | Punjab                    | 1762   | 1836   | 1843   | 2133   | 2308   | 2625   |   2121 |   2556 |   2494 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                 | 3880   | 3689   | 4034   | 5180   | 5150   | 7385   |   6580 |   7653 |   9370 |
| 22   | Sikkim                    | 93     | 64     | 110    | 190    | 221    | 163    |    147 |    149 |    159 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                | 2354   | 2617   | 2856   | 3529   | 4155   | 4139   |   4338 |   6064 |   6580 |
| 24   | Telangana                 | 1930   | 2697   | 2909   | 3580   | 3747   | 4212   |   4200 |   5667 |   5657 |
| 25   | Tripura                   | 369    | 255    | 274    | 276    | 271    | 311    |    260 |    236 |    220 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh             | 14835  | 11420  | 16079  | 19145  | 19936  | 18943  |  15271 |  16838 |  18682 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand               | 489    | 635    | 676    | 829    | 1306   | 1214   |   1066 |   1245 |   1706 |
| 28   | West Bengal               | 4909   | 4963   | 7004   | 6551   | 6286   | 6191   |  10248 |   9523 |   8950 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)            | 79547  | 83881  | 98122  | 120292 | 132426 | 139248 | 122064 | 140839 | 153426 |
| 29   | A&N Islands               | 50     | 102    | 86     | 119    | 162    | 153    |    141 |    124 |    146 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                | 208    | 271    | 222    | 275    | 288    | 264    |    209 |    234 |    224 |
| 31   | D&NHaveli and Daman &Diu+ | 18     | 63     | 52     | 55     | 72     | 96     |     67 |    104 |    107 |
| 32   | Delhi                     | 9350   | 9489   | 8178   | 7852   | 8246   | 7783   |   5362 |   7118 |   7468 |
| 33   | Jammu& Kashmir*           | 211    | 308    | 222    | 359    | 473    | 470    |    606 |    845 |    920 |
| 34   | Ladakh                    | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      |      2 |      1 |      8 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep               | 1      | 2      | 5      | 4      | 8      | 26     |      9 |     17 |     11 |
| 36   | Puducherry                | 38     | 56     | 71     | 76     | 89     | 50     |     71 |    122 |    139 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)               | 9876   | 10291  | 8836   | 8740   | 9338   | 8842   |   6467 |   8565 |   9023 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)         | 89423  | 94172  | 106958 | 129032 | 141764 | 148090 | 128531 | 149404 | 162449 |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2014-2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2014-2019

# Clarifications are pending from Nagaland for the year 2022