Lok Sabha Question No. 2625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Atrocities against SCs/STs
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2625

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 28, 1945 (SAKA)

ATROCITIES AGAINST SCS/STS

2625. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  ministry  has  any  data  on  cases  of  atrocities  against SCs/STs, which have been registered across the country; and

(b) if so, the details thereof, year and State-wise since 2009?

ANSWER

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

(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 State/UT-wise details of number of cases registered during 2009 to  2022  under  Atrocities/Crime  against  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)  and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Atrocities/Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) during 2009 to 2022

| SL    | State/UT                    | 2009   | 2010   | 2011   | 2012   | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh              | 4504   | 4321   | 4016   | 3057   | 3270   | 2113   | 2263   | 2335   | 1969   | 1836   | 2071   | 1950   | 2014   | 2315   |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3     | Assam                       | 0      | 7      | 0      | 4      | 8      | 2      | 5      | 4      | 10     | 8      | 21     | 28     | 15     | 14     |
| 4     | Bihar                       | 3836   | 3516   | 3623   | 4821   | 6721   | 7886   | 6367   | 5701   | 6747   | 7061   | 6544   | 7368   | 5842   | 6509   |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                | 284    | 271    | 253    | 262    | 242    | 359    | 216    | 243    | 283    | 264    | 341    | 316    | 330    | 323    |
| 6     | Goa                         | 3      | 1      | 4      | 10     | 12     | 13     | 13     | 11     | 10     | 5      | 3      | 2      | 4      | 8      |
| 7     | Gujarat                     | 1182   | 1008   | 1063   | 1028   | 1190   | 1094   | 1010   | 1322   | 1477   | 1426   | 1416   | 1326   | 1201   | 1279   |
| 8     | Haryana                     | 303    | 380    | 408    | 252    | 493    | 475    | 510    | 639    | 762    | 961    | 1086   | 1210   | 1628   | 1633   |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh            | 88     | 101    | 94     | 129    | 148    | 119    | 94     | 116    | 109    | 130    | 189    | 251    | 244    | 210    |
| 10    | Jharkhand                   | 631    | 577    | 636    | 696    | 978    | 903    | 736    | 525    | 541    | 537    | 651    | 666    | 546    | 674    |
| 11    | Karnataka                   | 2174   | 2505   | 2481   | 2605   | 2566   | 1865   | 1852   | 1869   | 1878   | 1325   | 1504   | 1398   | 1673   | 1977   |
| 12    | Kerala                      | 467    | 583    | 761    | 810    | 756    | 712    | 696    | 810    | 916    | 887    | 858    | 846    | 948    | 1050   |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh              | 3040   | 3374   | 3245   | 2875   | 2945   | 3294   | 3546   | 4922   | 5892   | 4753   | 5300   | 6899   | 7214   | 7733   |
| 14    | Maharashtra                 | 1096   | 1132   | 1143   | 1091   | 1678   | 1768   | 1804   | 1750   | 1689   | 1974   | 2150   | 2569   | 2503   | 2743   |
| 15    | Manipur                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 16    | Meghalaya                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17    | Mizoram                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 5      |
| 18    | Nagaland #                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19    | Odisha                      | 1709   | 1710   | 1455   | 2265   | 2592   | 1657   | 1823   | 1796   | 1969   | 1778   | 1886   | 2046   | 2327   | 2902   |
| 20    | Punjab                      | 108    | 115    | 90     | 71     | 126    | 123    | 147    | 132    | 118    | 168    | 166    | 165    | 200    | 162    |
| 21    | Rajasthan                   | 4985   | 4979   | 5182   | 5559   | 6475   | 6735   | 5911   | 5134   | 4238   | 4607   | 6794   | 7017   | 7524   | 8752   |
| 22    | Sikkim                      | 16     | 3      | 9      | 5      | 6      | 3      | 3      | 1      | 5      | 5      | 4      | 0      | 2      | 3      |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                  | 1312   | 1631   | 1391   | 1647   | 1845   | 1494   | 1736   | 1291   | 1362   | 1413   | 1144   | 1274   | 1377   | 1761   |
| 24    | Telangana                   | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 1427   | 1293   | 1529   | 1466   | 1507   | 1690   | 1959   | 1772   | 1787   |
| 25    | Tripura                     | 7      | 11     | 22     | 76     | 48     | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 3      | 2      |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh               | 7522   | 6272   | 7702   | 6202   | 7078   | 8066   | 8357   | 10426  | 11444  | 11924  | 11829  | 12714  | 13146  | 15368  |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                 | 58     | 35     | 32     | 33     | 34     | 60     | 80     | 65     | 96     | 58     | 84     | 87     | 123    | 114    |
| 28    | West Bengal                 | 21     | 63     | 59     | 85     | 115    | 130    | 150    | 119    | 138    | 119    | 145    | 109    | 108    | 104    |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 33346  | 32595  | 33669  | 33583  | 39327  | 40300  | 38613  | 40742  | 43122  | 42747  | 45876  | 50202  | 50744  | 57428  |
| 29    | A&N Islands                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 30    | Chandigarh                  | 0      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 4      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 3      | 0      | 4      |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 3      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 32    | Delhi                       | 33     | 16     | 28     | 44     | 55     | 86     | 51     | 54     | 48     | 36     | 76     | 69     | 136    | 130    |
| 33    | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 1      | 1      | 1      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 7      | 13     | 11     |
| 34 35 | Ladakh Lakshadweep          | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    | -      | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    | - 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    |
|       | Puducherry                  | 29     | 31     | 18 50  | 24 72  | 21     | 0 14   | 3      | 3 59   | 32     | 7      | 4      | 9 89   | 7 156  | 9 154  |
| 36    | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 66     | 48     |        |        | 81     | 101    | 57     |        | 81     | 46     | 85     |        |        |        |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 33412  | 32643  | 33719  | 33655  | 39408  | 40401  | 38670  | 40801  | 43203  | 42793  | 45961  | 50291  | 50900  | 57582  |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2009-2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2009-2019

# Clarifications are pending from Nagaland for the year 2022

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## LOK SABHA U.S.P.Q. No. 2625 for 19.12.2023 Annexure-I

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Atrocities/Crime against Scheduled Tribes (STs) during 2009 to 2022

| SL   | State/UT                    | 2009   | 2010   | 2011   | 2012   | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh              | 830    | 807    | 805    | 666    | 672    | 390    | 362    | 405    | 341    | 330    | 330    |    320 |    361 |    396 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 21     | 54     | 34     | 10     | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 3    | Assam                       | 9      | 3      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 65     | 6      | 4      |     10 |     16 |      9 |
| 4    | Bihar                       | 67     | 71     | 97     | 119    | 91     | 77     | 5      | 25     | 80     | 64     | 97     |     94 |    103 |    146 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                | 376    | 386    | 336    | 344    | 331    | 475    | 373    | 402    | 399    | 388    | 427    |    502 |    506 |    516 |
| 6    | Goa                         | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 10     | 6      | 8      | 11     | 2      | 5      | 2      |      2 |      5 |      1 |
| 7    | Gujarat                     | 195    | 155    | 153    | 221    | 224    | 223    | 248    | 281    | 319    | 311    | 321    |    291 |    341 |    330 |
| 8    | Haryana                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh            | 1      | 2      | 4      | 3      | 2      | 3      | 6      | 2      | 3      | 1      | 1      |      3 |      7 |      4 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                   | 182    | 234    | 309    | 287    | 396    | 402    | 266    | 280    | 237    | 224    | 342    |    347 |    250 |    283 |
| 11   | Karnataka                   | 272    | 294    | 285    | 374    | 535    | 397    | 386    | 374    | 401    | 322    | 327    |    293 |    361 |    438 |
| 12   | Kerala                      | 102    | 88     | 231    | 124    | 135    | 120    | 165    | 182    | 144    | 138    | 140    |    130 |    133 |    172 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh              | 1135   | 1384   | 1284   | 1218   | 1296   | 1577   | 1358   | 1823   | 2289   | 1868   | 1922   |   2401 |   2627 |   2979 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                 | 224    | 292    | 321    | 308    | 415    | 443    | 482    | 403    | 464    | 526    | 559    |    663 |    628 |    742 |
| 15   | Manipur                     | 0      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 2      |      2 |      0 |      1 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Mizoram                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 8      |      0 |      0 |     29 |
| 18   | Nagaland #                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 18     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Odisha                      | 552    | 556    | 484    | 688    | 791    | 533    | 691    | 681    | 700    | 557    | 576    |    624 |    676 |    773 |
| 20   | Punjab                      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 1      |      4 |      0 |      0 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                   | 1183   | 1319   | 1263   | 1351   | 1651   | 1681   | 1409   | 1195   | 984    | 1095   | 1797   |   1878 |   2121 |   2521 |
| 22   | Sikkim                      | 14     | 1      | 8      | 4      | 17     | 1      | 0      | 0      | 6      | 1      | 2      |      0 |      1 |      4 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                  | 22     | 33     | 23     | 27     | 23     | 18     | 25     | 19     | 22     | 15     | 31     |     23 |     39 |     67 |
| 24   | Telangana                   |        |        |        |        |        | 333    | 386    | 375    | 435    | 419    | 530    |    573 |    512 |    545 |
| 25   | Tripura                     | 27     | 35     | 30     | 29     | 24     | 0      | 3      | 3      | 1      | 0      | 2      |      2 |      0 |      3 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh               | 4      | 0      | 35     | 44     | 25     | 24     | 6      | 4      | 88     | 145    | 36     |      3 |      4 |      5 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3      | 2      | 1      | 6      | 3      | 11     | 7      | 8      |     13 |      6 |      1 |
| 28   | West Bengal                 | 16     | 47     | 41     | 91     | 122    | 107    | 84     | 83     | 122    | 101    | 99     |     90 |     92 |     90 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 5232   | 5761   | 5747   | 5914   | 6783   | 6815   | 6270   | 6556   | 7114   | 6524   | 7565   |   8268 |   8790 |  10055 |
| 29   | A&N Islands                 | 2      | 1      | 7      | 4      | 2      | 6      | 3      | 6      | 2      | 1      | 3      |      2 |      3 |      3 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 16     | 2      | 2      | 4      | 8      | 3      | 3      | 2      | 5      | 3      | 0      |      0 |      3 |      5 |
| 32   | Delhi                       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 4      | 0      | 2      |      1 |      5 |      0 |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |      1 |      1 |
| 34   | Ladakh                      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 18     | 3      | 9      | 8      | 10     | 12     | 6      | 12     | 11     | 4      | 5      |      4 |     12 |      9 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 5250   | 5764   | 5756   | 5922   | 6793   | 6827   | 6276   | 6568   | 7125   | 6528   | 7570   |   8272 |   8802 |  10064 |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2009-2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2009-2019

# Clarifications are pending from Nagaland for the year 2022

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