Lok Sabha Question No. 5252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Missing Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5252

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 TH  MARCH, 2026/ CHAITRA 3, 1948 (SAKA)

MISSING CHILDREN

†5252. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of cases of missing girl children, instances of brutality and heinous crimes committed against them and deaths occurring thereafter during the last five years, State-wise;

- (b) whether there has been a continuous increase in cases of missing girl children and heinous crimes committed against them in the country;
- (c)  whether  it  is  also  true  that,  under  the  present  circumstances,  girl children are being compelled to live under a sense of fear; and

(d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  effective  steps  being  taken  by  the Government to address the issue of missing girl children and to ensure a fear-free environment for them in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  :  National  Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles statistical data on crimes as reported to it by the States/UTs and publishes the same in its annual publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report pertains to the  year  2023.  State/UT  -wise  number  of  missing  Girls  (below  18  years) unrecovered/untraced  from  previous  years,  missing  during the year, total

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 5252 FOR 24.03.2026

missing, total recovered/traced during the year and unrecovered /untraced missing (including previous years untraced missing) during 2019-2023 is at Annexure.  NCRB  does  not  maintain  data  on  crimes  against  missing  girl children specifically.

(b) to (d): Police' and 'Public Order' are 'State' subjects under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The responsibility to. maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens including children rest with  the  respective  State  Governments  and  the  State  Governments/  UT Administrations are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of law.

The Central Government supplements and supports the initiatives of the  State  Governments/  UT  Administrations  through  enacting  legislation, advisories  and  financial  assistance  under  various  schemes  to  deal  with crime. In this regard, major initiatives / schemes of the Central Government are as follows:

- (i) The  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  has  developed  an integrated unified Mission Vatsalya Portal in consultation and coordination with  States/UTs.  The  Track Child  portal  for  Missing/Found  Children,  and

Khoya-Paya application for Missing/Sighted Children have been integrated with this unified Mission Vatsalya Portal. The  TrackChild portal is implemented with support and involvement of various stakeholders namely Ministry  of  Home  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Railways,  State  Governments/  UT Administrations, Child Welfare Committees,  Juvenile Justice Boards, National Legal Services Authority, etc. Standard operating procedure have been issued in this regard. Advisories have also been issued to all States and UTs including Director General of Police of all States & UTs and other stakeholders  regarding  implementation  of  TrackChild Portal.  It  is  also integrated  with  the  Crime  and  Criminal  Tracking  &  Network  Systems (CCTNS) of  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  which  allows  interoperability  in terms of matching of F.I.Rs of missing children with data base of TrackChild Portal to  trace  and  match  missing  children  by  the  concerned  State/UT police. Further, through Khoya Paya module any citizen can report about any missing or sighted children.

- (ii) Ministry of Women & Child Development has directed all States and UTs to appoint designated nodal officers for Missing children at State Level and District levels. The details of these nodal officers have been uploaded on Mission Vatsalya portal.

(iii) Ministry of Women & child Development is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme namely 'Mission Vatsalya Scheme under which support is  provided  to  States  and  UT  Governments  for  delivering  services  for children in need and in difficult circumstances. The child Care Institutions (CCIs)  established  under  the  scheme  to  support  such  children  through various  measures  which  includes  age-appropriate  education,  access  to vocational training, recreation, health care and counseling.

(iv) Further,  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  has  issued  the 'Standard Operating procedure (SOP) for cases of missing children' to assist Police, Child Welfare Committees and Juvenile Justice Board in dealing with the cases of missing and found of recovered children. The objective of the SOP  is  to  put  in  place  guidelines  while  dealing  with  cases  of  missing children and to work in coordination with the concerned stakeholders and respond with urgency to issues of missing children.

(v) For  providing  outreach  services  to  missing  children  and  needy children,  the  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  operates  Child Helpline No. 1098, which is operational 24/7 and integrated with Emergency Response Support System-112 (ERSS-112). Apart from this Railway childline at major railway platforms are also being operated to provide assistance to any needy child.

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(vi) Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance to all States and  UTs  for  strengthening  the  existing  Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units (AHTUs) and for establishing new AHTUs covering all districts of the States and UTs.

(vii) In addition, Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories from time to  time  with  a  view  to  help  the  States  /UTs  to  deal  with  crimes  against children, which are available at www.mha.gov.in . Ministry of Home Affairs has also issued an advisory directing all  States and Union  Territories to ensure mandatory registration of FIRs in every complaint of missing children with  initial  presumption  of  either  abduction  or  trafficking  unless  in  the investigation the same is proved otherwise. This step prevents trafficking, exploitation,  and abuse, of  missing  children  and  to guarantee  immediate investigation and tracing efforts in these cases.

(viii) MHA has  launched  a  'National  level  communication  platform -Crime Multi  Agency  Centre  (Cri-MAC)  in  the  year  2020  for  online  sharing  of information  on  crime  &  criminals  on  24x7  basis  among  various  Law Enforcement Agencies and ensure seamless flow of information between them. It  facilitates  dissemination  of  information  about  significant  crimes across the country on a real time basis and enables inter-state coordination.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 5252 FOR 24.03.2026

(ix) Emergency  Response  Support  System  provides  a  pan-India,  single internationally recognized number (112) based system for all emergencies, with computer aided dispatch of field resources to the location of distress.

(x) In the section 95 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS, 2023), a new offence for hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence has been incorporated. Besides this, maximum punishment for buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc. (Section 99 of BNS, 2023) has been increased to fourteen years, which was earlier only 10 years.

(xi) In BNS, 2023, the age differential for minor victims of gang rape has been  done  away  with.  Earlier  different  punishments  were  prescribed  for gang rape on a girl below the age of 16 years and 12 years. This Provision has been modified and now gang rape on a woman below the age of eighteen years is punishable with imprisonment of life or death.

(xii) In addition, Section 139 of the BNS, 2023 provides punishment against kidnapping or maiming of a child for the purpose of begging.

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## State/UT-wise Missing / Traced Girls (Below 18 years) during 2019-2020

|    |                       | 2019                                                     | 2019                               | 2019                | 2019                                  | 2019                                                                                    | 2020                                                                                               | 2020                | 2020                                  | 2020                                                                                    |
|----|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SL | State/UT              | Unrecovered / Untraced Missing Girls from Previous Years | Girls Missing during the year 2019 | Total Girls Missing | Total Recovered/ Traced Girls in 2019 | Un-recovered / Untraced Missing Girls (including previous years Untraced Missing Girls) | Unrecovered / Untraced Missing Girls from Previous Years Girls Missing during the year during 2020 | Total Girls Missing | Total Recovered/ Traced Girls in 2020 | Un-recovered / Untraced Missing Girls (including previous years Untraced Missing Girls) |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh        | 258                                                      | 1928                               | 2186                | 1904                                  | 282                                                                                     | 282 2092                                                                                           | 2374                | 2002                                  | 372                                                                                     |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh     | 1                                                        | 34                                 | 35                  | 33                                    | 2                                                                                       | 2 8                                                                                                | 10                  | 8                                     | 2                                                                                       |
| 3  | Assam                 | 413                                                      | 857                                | 1270                | 904                                   | 366                                                                                     | 366 620                                                                                            | 986                 | 761                                   | 225                                                                                     |
| 4  | Bihar                 | 3904                                                     | 5935                               | 9839                | 4034                                  | 5805                                                                                    | 5805 4194                                                                                          | 9999                | 4061                                  | 5938                                                                                    |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh          | 951                                                      | 2606                               | 3557                | 2395                                  | 1162                                                                                    | 1162 2107                                                                                          | 3269                | 2143                                  | 1126                                                                                    |
| 6  | Goa                   | 13                                                       | 24                                 | 37                  | 18                                    | 19                                                                                      | 19 6                                                                                               | 25                  | 14                                    | 11                                                                                      |
| 7  | Gujarat               | 359                                                      | 1044                               | 1403                | 973                                   | 430                                                                                     | 430 915                                                                                            | 1345                | 920                                   | 425                                                                                     |
| 8  | Haryana               | 544                                                      | 1716                               | 2260                | 1474                                  | 786                                                                                     | 786 1247                                                                                           | 2033                | 1290                                  | 743                                                                                     |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh      | 85                                                       | 268                                | 353                 | 298                                   | 55                                                                                      | 55 225                                                                                             | 280                 | 227                                   | 53                                                                                      |
| 10 | Jharkhand             | 311                                                      | 170                                | 481                 | 269                                   | 212                                                                                     | 212 202                                                                                            | 414                 | 256                                   | 158                                                                                     |
| 11 | Karnataka             | 209                                                      | 494                                | 703                 | 483                                   | 220                                                                                     | 220 614                                                                                            | 834                 | 610                                   | 224                                                                                     |
| 12 | Kerala                | 65                                                       | 1053                               | 1118                | 1061                                  | 57                                                                                      | 57 885                                                                                             | 942                 | 891                                   | 51                                                                                      |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh        | 4743                                                     | 8572                               | 13315               | 8660                                  | 4655                                                                                    | 4655 7230                                                                                          | 11885               | 8258                                  | 3627                                                                                    |
| 14 | Maharashtra           | 2063                                                     | 2516                               | 4579                | 2256                                  | 2323                                                                                    | 2323 2194                                                                                          | 4517                | 3095                                  | 1422                                                                                    |
| 15 | Manipur               | 6                                                        | 62                                 | 68                  | 57                                    | 11                                                                                      | 11 33                                                                                              | 44                  | 35                                    | 9                                                                                       |
| 16 | Meghalaya             | 31                                                       | 63                                 | 94                  | 71                                    | 23                                                                                      | 23 32                                                                                              | 55                  | 45                                    | 10                                                                                      |
| 17 | Mizoram               | 0                                                        | 0                                  | 0                   | 0                                     | 0                                                                                       | 0 0                                                                                                | 0                   | 0                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 18 | Nagaland              | 11                                                       | 30                                 | 41                  | 34                                    | 7                                                                                       | 7 17                                                                                               | 24                  | 22                                    | 2                                                                                       |
| 19 | Odisha                | 1844                                                     | 2591                               | 4435                | 1176                                  | 3259                                                                                    | 3259 2556                                                                                          | 5815                | 3072                                  | 2743                                                                                    |
| 20 | Punjab                | 813                                                      | 643                                | 1456                | 568                                   | 888                                                                                     | 888 533                                                                                            | 1421                | 409                                   | 1012                                                                                    |
| 21 | Rajasthan             | 605                                                      | 2761                               | 3366                | 2681                                  | 685                                                                                     | 685 2628                                                                                           | 3313                | 2493                                  | 820                                                                                     |
| 22 | Sikkim                | 4                                                        | 25                                 | 29                  | 26                                    | 3                                                                                       | 3 11                                                                                               | 14                  | 12                                    | 2                                                                                       |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu            | 698                                                      | 3324                               | 4022                | 3147                                  | 875                                                                                     | 875 3545                                                                                           | 4420                | 3385                                  | 1035                                                                                    |
| 24 | Telangana             | 787                                                      | 2053                               | 2840                | 2478                                  | 362                                                                                     | 362 1870                                                                                           | 2232                | 1812                                  | 420                                                                                     |
| 25 | Tripura               | 6                                                        | 127                                | 133                 | 115                                   | 18                                                                                      | 18 96                                                                                              | 114                 | 88                                    | 26                                                                                      |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh         | 1591                                                     | 1901                               | 3492                | 2188                                  | 1304                                                                                    | 1304 1469                                                                                          | 2773                | 1719                                  | 1054                                                                                    |
| 27 | Uttarakhand           | 247                                                      | 303                                | 550                 | 236                                   | 314                                                                                     | 314 271                                                                                            | 585                 | 448                                   | 137                                                                                     |
| 28 | West Bengal           | 4478                                                     | 7369                               | 11847               | 7181                                  | 4666                                                                                    | 4841 6640                                                                                          | 11481               | 6681                                  | 4800                                                                                    |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)        | 25040                                                    | 48469                              | 73509               | 44720                                 | 28789                                                                                   | 28964 42240                                                                                        | 71204               | 44757                                 | 26447                                                                                   |
| 29 | A&N Islands           | 8                                                        | 33                                 | 41                  | 34                                    | 7                                                                                       | 7 14                                                                                               | 21                  | 16                                    | 5                                                                                       |
| 30 | Chandigarh            | 167                                                      | 135                                | 302                 | 113                                   | 189                                                                                     | 189 109                                                                                            | 298                 | 110                                   | 188                                                                                     |
| 31 | D&N Haveli and Daman& | 13                                                       | 15                                 | 28                  | 12                                    | 16                                                                                      | 16 2                                                                                               | 18                  | 8                                     | 10                                                                                      |
| 32 | Delhi                 | 3755                                                     | 4057                               | 7812                | 3635                                  | 4177                                                                                    | 4177 3125                                                                                          | 7302                | 3671                                  | 3631                                                                                    |
| 33 | Jammu& Kashmir        | 181                                                      | 174                                | 355                 | 169                                   | 186                                                                                     | 183 167                                                                                            | 350                 | 122                                   | 228                                                                                     |
| 34 | Ladakh                | -                                                        | -                                  | -                   | -                                     | -                                                                                       | 3 1                                                                                                | 4                   | 1                                     | 3                                                                                       |
| 35 | Lakshadweep           | 0                                                        | 0                                  | 0                   | 0                                     | 0                                                                                       | 0 0                                                                                                | 0                   | 0                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 36 | Puducherry            | 1                                                        | 36                                 | 37                  | 30                                    | 7                                                                                       | 7 29                                                                                               | 36                  | 32                                    | 4                                                                                       |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)     | 29165                                                    | 52919                              | 82084               | 48713                                 | 33371                                                                                   | 45687                                                                                              | 79233               | 48717                                 | 30516                                                                                   |
|    |                       |                                                          |                                    |                     |                                       |                                                                                         | 33546                                                                                              |                     |                                       |                                                                                         |

Source: Crime in India

|       |                   | 2021                                                     | 2021                                                          | 2021                                  | 2021                                                                          | 2021                                                       |                                                   |                     |                      |                  | 2023                                                                                                                                          | 2023                                                          | 2023                                                          | 2023                                  | 2023                                                                                   | 2023   |
|-------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| SL    | State/UT          | Unrecovered / Untraced Missing Girls from Previous Years | Girls Missing during the year during 2021 Total Girls Missing | Total Recovered/ Traced Girls in 2021 | Un-recovered Untraced Girls (including previous years Untraced Missing Girls) | / Missing Unrecovered Untraced Missing Girls from Previous | / Years Girls Missing during the year during 2022 | Total Girls Missing | Total Traced in 2022 | Recovered/ Girls | Un-recovered/ Untraced Missing Girls (including previous years Untraced Missing Girls) Unrecovered Untraced Missing Girls from Previous Years | Girls Missing during the year during 2023 Total Girls Missing | Girls Missing during the year during 2023 Total Girls Missing | Total Recovered/ Traced Girls in 2023 | Un-recovered/ Untraced Missing Girls (including previous years Untraced Missing Girls) |        |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 377                                                      | 2981 3358                                                     |                                       | 2884                                                                          | 474                                                        | 474                                               | 3118                | 3592                 | 3221             | 371 371                                                                                                                                       | 3237                                                          | 3608                                                          | 3190                                  | 418                                                                                    |        |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                        | 1 1                                                           | 1                                     | 0                                                                             | 0                                                          |                                                   | 5                   | 5                    | 4                | 1 1                                                                                                                                           | 31                                                            | 32 15                                                         |                                       | 17                                                                                     |        |
| 3     | Assam             | 225                                                      | 852                                                           | 827                                   | 250                                                                           | 250                                                        | 840                                               | 1090                | 741                  | 349              | 349                                                                                                                                           | 1240                                                          | 1589 1274                                                     |                                       | 315                                                                                    |        |
| 4     | Bihar             | 5938                                                     | 1077 9808                                                     | 4442                                  | 5366                                                                          | 5366                                                       | 5204                                              | 10570               | 4935                 | 5635             | 5635                                                                                                                                          | 4466                                                          | 10101                                                         | 5527                                  | 4574                                                                                   |        |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 1126                                                     | 3870 2865 3991                                                | 2614                                  | 1377                                                                          | 1377                                                       | 2760                                              | 4137                | 2851                 | 1286             | 1286                                                                                                                                          | 4054                                                          | 5340                                                          | 3323                                  | 2017                                                                                   |        |
| 6     | Goa               | 11                                                       | 6 17                                                          | 6                                     | 11                                                                            | 11                                                         | 10                                                | 21                  | 9                    | 12               | 12                                                                                                                                            | 8                                                             | 20 8                                                          |                                       | 12                                                                                     |        |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 425                                                      | 1049 1474                                                     | 1109                                  | 365                                                                           | 365                                                        | 1306                                              | 1671                | 1281                 | 390              | 390                                                                                                                                           | 1226                                                          | 1616                                                          | 1244                                  | 372                                                                                    |        |
| 8     | Haryana           | 820                                                      | 1457 2277                                                     | 1282                                  | 995                                                                           | 995                                                        | 1516                                              | 2511                | 1295                 | 1216             | 1216                                                                                                                                          | 1686                                                          |                                                               | 1636                                  | 1266                                                                                   |        |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 53                                                       | 362 415                                                       | 369                                   | 46                                                                            | 46                                                         | 296                                               | 342                 | 297                  | 45               | 45                                                                                                                                            | 347                                                           | 2902 392                                                      | 345                                   | 47                                                                                     |        |
| 10    | Jharkhand         | 156                                                      | 245 401                                                       | 223                                   | 178                                                                           | 178                                                        | 250                                               |                     | 428                  | 203              | 225 225                                                                                                                                       | 291                                                           | 516                                                           | 261                                   | 255                                                                                    |        |
| 11    | Karnataka         | 224                                                      | 1013 1237                                                     | 982                                   | 255                                                                           | 255                                                        | 568                                               | 823                 | 605                  |                  | 218                                                                                                                                           | 643                                                           | 679                                                           |                                       | 182                                                                                    |        |
| 12    | Kerala            | 52                                                       | 899 951                                                       | 919                                   | 32                                                                            | 32                                                         | 966                                               | 998                 | 948                  | 50               | 218 50                                                                                                                                        | 861 1170 1220                                                 | 1185                                                          |                                       | 35                                                                                     |        |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh    | 3627                                                     | 9407 13034                                                    | 10204                                 | 2830                                                                          | 2830                                                       | 9066                                              | 11896               |                      | 8979             | 2917 2917                                                                                                                                     | 9625                                                          | 8817                                                          |                                       | 3725                                                                                   |        |
| 14    | Maharashtra       | 1422                                                     | 2515 3937                                                     | 2752                                  | 1185                                                                          | 1185                                                       | 1621                                              | 2806                | 1493                 |                  | 1313 1313                                                                                                                                     | 12542 1034 2347                                               | 1239                                                          |                                       | 1108                                                                                   |        |
| 15    | Manipur           | 9                                                        | 47 56                                                         | 38                                    | 18                                                                            | 18                                                         | 31                                                | 49                  | 27                   |                  | 22 22                                                                                                                                         | 25                                                            | 47                                                            | 40                                    | 7                                                                                      |        |
| 16    | Meghalaya         | 10                                                       | 46 56                                                         | 46                                    | 10                                                                            | 10                                                         | 2                                                 | 12                  | 4                    |                  | 8 8                                                                                                                                           | 62                                                            | 70                                                            | 65                                    | 5                                                                                      |        |
| 17    | Mizoram           | 0                                                        | 0                                                             | 0                                     | 0                                                                             | 0                                                          | 1                                                 | 1                   | 1                    |                  | 0 0                                                                                                                                           | 0 0                                                           |                                                               | 0                                     | 0                                                                                      |        |
| 18    | Nagaland          | 2                                                        | 0 17 19                                                       | 17                                    | 2                                                                             | 2                                                          | 37                                                | 39                  | 36                   | 3                | 3                                                                                                                                             | 38                                                            | 41 41                                                         |                                       | 0                                                                                      |        |
| 19    | Odisha            | 2743                                                     | 3656                                                          | 3943                                  | 2456 1309                                                                     | 2456                                                       | 4250                                              | 6706                |                      | 2386             | 4320 4320                                                                                                                                     | 5233                                                          | 9553                                                          | 3056                                  | 6497                                                                                   |        |
| 20    | Punjab            | 1012                                                     | 6399 881 1893                                                 | 584                                   |                                                                               | 1309                                                       | 927                                               | 2236                | 976                  |                  | 1260 1260                                                                                                                                     | 899                                                           | 2159                                                          | 861                                   | 1298                                                                                   |        |
| 21    | Rajasthan         | 802                                                      | 4935                                                          | 4172                                  |                                                                               | 763                                                        | 5073                                              |                     | 5836                 | 5014             | 822 822                                                                                                                                       | 5646 6468                                                     |                                                               | 5460                                  | 1008                                                                                   |        |
| 22    | Sikkim            | 2                                                        | 4133 6                                                        | 6                                     | 763 2                                                                         | 2                                                          | 6                                                 |                     | 8                    | 6                | 2 2                                                                                                                                           | 6 8                                                           | 1                                                             |                                       | 7                                                                                      |        |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu        | 1035                                                     | 8 4914                                                        | 5949                                  | 4832                                                                          | 1117                                                       | 5058                                              | 6175                |                      | 4623             | 1552 1552                                                                                                                                     | 5628                                                          | 7180 1595                                                     | 5904                                  | 1276                                                                                   |        |
| 24    | Telangana         | 420                                                      | 2574                                                          | 2603                                  | 1117 391                                                                      | 391                                                        | 1995                                              | 2386                |                      | 2098             | 288 288                                                                                                                                       | 1307                                                          | 1355                                                          |                                       | 240                                                                                    |        |
| 25    | Tripura           | 26                                                       | 2994 120 146                                                  | 127                                   | 19                                                                            | 19                                                         | 102                                               | 121                 | 100                  |                  | 21 21                                                                                                                                         | 214                                                           | 235                                                           | 210                                   | 25                                                                                     |        |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh     | 1046                                                     | 2168 3214                                                     | 1698                                  |                                                                               | 1516                                                       | 2217                                              | 3733                | 2398                 | 1335             | 1335                                                                                                                                          | 2692                                                          | 4027                                                          | 2767                                  | 1260                                                                                   |        |
| 27    | Uttarakhand       | 137                                                      | 400 537                                                       | 408                                   | 1516 129                                                                      | 129                                                        | 425                                               | 554                 | 481                  | 73               | 73                                                                                                                                            | 729                                                           | 802                                                           | 654                                   | 148                                                                                    |        |
| 28    | West Bengal       | 4800                                                     | 13278                                                         | 7669                                  | 5609                                                                          | 5609                                                       | 10571                                             | 16180               | 10769                | 5411             | 5411                                                                                                                                          | 12428                                                         | 17839                                                         | 12516                                 | 5323                                                                                   |        |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 26500                                                    | 8478 54962                                                    | 81462 54757                           | 26705                                                                         | 26705                                                      | 58221                                             | 84926               | 55781                | 29145            | 29145                                                                                                                                         | 63965                                                         | 93110                                                         | 61673                                 | 31437                                                                                  |        |
| 29    | A&N Islands       | 5                                                        | 20 25                                                         | 21                                    | 4                                                                             | 4                                                          | 26                                                | 30                  | 25                   | 5                | 5                                                                                                                                             | 37                                                            | 42                                                            | 34                                    | 8                                                                                      |        |
| 30    | Chandigarh        | 188                                                      | 133 321                                                       | 119                                   | 202                                                                           | 202                                                        | 133                                               | 335                 |                      | 126              | 209 209                                                                                                                                       | 158                                                           | 367 181                                                       |                                       | 186                                                                                    |        |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and    | 10                                                       | 15                                                            | 18                                    |                                                                               | 7                                                          | 7                                                 | 14                  | 8                    | 6                | 6 4205                                                                                                                                        | 0 6                                                           | 1                                                             |                                       | 5                                                                                      |        |
| 32    | Daman& Diu Delhi  | 3631                                                     | 25 4174 7805                                                  | 3846                                  | 7 3959                                                                        |                                                            | 4288                                              |                     |                      |                  | 4205                                                                                                                                          | 4367                                                          | 8572                                                          | 4843                                  | 3729                                                                                   |        |
| 33 34 | Jammu& Kashmir    | 228                                                      | 215 443 3                                                     | 188                                   | 255                                                                           | 3959 255                                                   | 247                                               | 8247 502            | 4042 275             |                  | 227 227                                                                                                                                       | 282                                                           | 509                                                           | 209                                   | 300                                                                                    |        |
| 35    | Ladakh            | 3                                                        | 0                                                             | 2                                     | 1                                                                             | 1                                                          | 0                                                 | 1                   | 0                    | 1                | 1                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                             | 1                                                             | 0                                     | 1                                                                                      |        |
|       | Lakshadweep       | 0                                                        | 0 0                                                           | 0                                     | 0                                                                             | 0                                                          | 0                                                 | 0                   | 0                    |                  | 0                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                             | 0                                                             | 0                                     | 0                                                                                      |        |
| 36    | Puducherry        | 4                                                        | 25 29                                                         | 29                                    | 0                                                                             | 0                                                          | 24                                                | 24                  | 24                   | 0                | 0 0                                                                                                                                           | 26                                                            | 26                                                            | 24                                    | 2                                                                                      |        |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)       | 4069                                                     | 4582 8651                                                     | 4223                                  | 4428                                                                          | 4428                                                       | 4725                                              | 9153                | 4500                 | 4653             | 4653                                                                                                                                          | 4870                                                          | 9523                                                          | 5292                                  | 4231                                                                                   |        |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 30569                                                    | 59544                                                         | 90113 58980                           | 31133                                                                         | 31133                                                      | 62946                                             | 94079               | 60281                |                  | 33798 33798                                                                                                                                   | 68835                                                         | 102633                                                        | 66965                                 | 35668                                                                                  |        |

Source: Crime in India