Lok Sabha Question No. 438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-02
Subject: Rise in Cybercrime Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mr Pathan Yusuf

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 438

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  DECEMBER, 2025/ AGRAHAYANA 11, 1947 (SAKA)

RISE IN CYBERCRIME CASES

438.  MR PATHAN YUSUF:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  steep  rise  in  cybercrime cases, especially financial and identity-related frauds, across the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  such  cases  reported  since  2014,  State/UT  and year-wise;
- (c)  the  amount  (in  Rs.)  lost  to  cybercrime  since  2014  and  the  amount recovered till date yearwise; and

(d) the amount (in Rs.) spent by the Government on cybercrime awareness campaigns since the year 2014, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is for the year 2023. As per the data published by the NCRB,  Crime  Head-wise  &  State/UT  wise  details  of  cases registered  under  cyber  crimes  (involving  communication  devices  as medium/target) during the period from 2014 to 2023 are at the Annexure-I & II respectively.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 438 FOR 02.12.2025

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  States/UTs  are  primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes  including  cyber  crimethrough  their  Law  Enforcement  Agencies (LEAs).The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the States/UTs  through  advisories  and  financial  assistance  under  various schemes for capacity building of their LEAs.

To  strengthen  the  mechanism  to    deal    with    cyber    crimes  in    a comprehensive  and  coordinated  manner,  the  Central  Government  has taken  steps  for  spreading  awareness  about  cyber  crimes,  issuance of    alerts/  advisories,  capacity  building/training  of      law    enforcement personnel/ prosecutors/judicial officers, improving cyber forensic facilities,  etc.  The  Government  has  established the  'Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre'  (I4C) as  scheme  in  the  year  2018  and  made  as  an attached office of Ministry of Home Affairs in the year 2024 to deal with all types of cyber crime in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.

The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) ' (https://cybercrime.gov.in) has  been  launched,  as  a  part   of  the I4C, to

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 438 FOR 02.12.2025

enable public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cyber crimes, with  special  focus  on  cyber  crimes  against  women  and  children.  Cyber crime  incidents  reported  on  this  portal,  their  conversion  into  FIRs  and subsequent action thereon are handled by the State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies concerned as per the provisions of the law.

The  'Citizen  Financial  Cyber  Fraud  Reporting  and  Management System',  under  I4C,  has  been  launched in  year  2021  for  immediate reporting  of  financial  frauds  and  to  stop  siphoning  off  funds  by  the fraudsters. So far, financial amount of more than Rs. 7,130 Crore has been saved  in  more  than  23.02  lakh  complaints.  A  toll-free  Helpline  number '1930' has bee n operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.

The  various  Ministries/  Departments  of  Government  of  India  like Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA),  Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information Technology, Department of Telecommincation, Reserve Bank of India etc. and State Governments undertake cyber awareness campaigns from time to time. As the effort to tackle financial and other crimes including cyber crimes is a whole government endeavour including different agencies, the data is not maintained centrally.

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## Crime Heads-wise Cases Registered) under Cyber Crimes during 2014-2023

| SL   | Crime Heads                                                                    | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Tampering computer source documents                                            | 89     | 88     | 78     |    233 |    257 |    173 |    338 |     55 |     65 |     71 |
| 2    | Computer Related Offences                                                      | 5548   | 6567   | 6818   |  10108 |  14141 |  23734 |  21926 |  19915 |  23894 |  35329 |
| 3    | Cyber Terrorism                                                                | 5      | 13     | 12     |     13 |     21 |     12 |     26 |     15 |     12 |     11 |
| 4    | Publication/transmission of obscene / sexually explicit act in electronic form | 758    | 816    | 957    |   1768 |   3076 |   4203 |   6308 |   6598 |   6896 |   7893 |
| 5    | Interception or Monitoring or decryption of Information                        | 2      | 0      | 0      |      4 |      6 |      9 |      7 |      2 |      1 |      1 |
| 6    | Un-authorized access/attempt to access to protected computer system            | 0      | 8      | 0      |      2 |      0 |      2 |      2 |      3 |      1 |      1 |
| 7    | Abetment to Commit Offences                                                    |        |        |        |      0 |      1 |      0 |      1 |      7 |      4 |      0 |
| 8    | Attempt to Commit Offences                                                     |        |        |        |      4 |     13 |     14 |     18 |      5 |     18 |     11 |
| 9    | Other Sections of IT Act                                                       | 799    | 553    | 748    |   1503 |    980 |   2699 |   1017 |    827 |   1017 |    920 |
| A    | Total Offences under I.T. Act                                                  | 7201   | 8045   | 8613   |  13635 |  18495 |  30846 |  29643 |  27427 |  31908 |  44237 |
| 10   | Abetment of Suicide (Online)                                                   |        |        |        |      0 |      7 |      7 |     10 |     10 |     24 |     30 |
| 11   | Cyber Stalking/Bullying of Women/Children                                      |        |        |        |    542 |    739 |    771 |    872 |   1176 |   1471 |   1305 |
| 12   | Data theft                                                                     | 55     | 84     | 86     |    307 |    106 |    282 |     98 |    170 |     97 |    113 |
| 13   | Fraud                                                                          |        |        |        |   3466 |   3353 |   6229 |  10395 |  14007 |  17470 |  19466 |
| 14   | Cheating                                                                       | 1115   | 2255   | 2329   |   1896 |   2051 |   3367 |   4480 |   6343 |  10509 |  16943 |
| 15   | Forgery                                                                        | 63     | 45     | 81     |     99 |    260 |    511 |    582 |    198 |    224 |    444 |
| 16   | Defamation/Morphing                                                            |        |        |        |     12 |     18 |     19 |     51 |     31 |     61 |     36 |
| 17   | Fake Profile                                                                   |        |        |        |     86 |     78 |     85 |    149 |    123 |    157 |    225 |
| 18   | Counterfeiting                                                                 | 10     | 12     | 10     |      1 |      2 |      5 |      9 |      2 |      2 |      0 |
| 19   | Cyber Blackmailing/Threatening                                                 |        |        |        |    311 |    223 |    362 |    303 |    689 |    696 |    689 |
| 20   | Fake News on Social Media                                                      |        |        |        |    170 |     97 |    188 |    578 |    179 |    230 |    209 |
| 21   | Other Offences                                                                 | 1029   | 1026   | 1012   |   1086 |   1713 |   1974 |   2674 |   2456 |   2857 |   2389 |
| B    | Total Offences under IPC                                                       | 2272   | 3422   | 3518   |   7976 |   8647 |  13800 |  20201 |  25384 |  33798 |  41849 |
| 22   | Gambling Act (Online Gambling)                                                 |        |        |        |     45 |     20 |     22 |     63 |     27 |     37 |     87 |
| 23   | Lotteries Act (Online Lotteries)                                               |        |        |        |     11 |      2 |      9 |     26 |      4 |      6 |      0 |
| 24   | Copy Right Act                                                                 | 118    | 113    | 181    |     89 |     62 |     34 |     49 |     32 |     27 |     23 |
| 25   | Trade Marks Act                                                                | 1      | 0      | 2      |     11 |      0 |      1 |      5 |      1 |     14 |      1 |
| 26   | Other SLL Crimes                                                               | 30     | 12     | 3      |     29 |     22 |     23 |     48 |     99 |    103 |    223 |
| C    | Total Offences under SLL                                                       | 149    | 125    | 186    |    185 |    106 |     89 |    191 |    163 |    187 |    334 |
|      | Total Cyber Crimes                                                             | 9622   | 11592  | 12317  |  21796 |  27248 |  44735 |  50035 |  52974 |  65893 |  86420 |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes during 2014-2023

| SL                | State/UT                   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |
|-------------------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh             | 282    | 536    | 616    | 931    | 1207   | 1886   |   1899 |   1875 |   2341 |   2341 |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh          | 18     | 6      | 4      | 1      | 7      | 8      |     30 |     47 |     14 |     24 |
| 3                 | Assam                      | 379    | 483    | 696    | 1120   | 2022   | 2231   |   3530 |   4846 |   1733 |    909 |
| 4                 | Bihar                      | 114    | 242    | 309    | 433    | 374    | 1050   |   1512 |   1413 |   1621 |   4450 |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh               | 123    | 103    | 90     | 171    | 139    | 175    |    297 |    352 |    439 |    473 |
| 6                 | Goa                        | 62     | 17     | 31     | 13     | 29     | 15     |     40 |     36 |     90 |     86 |
| 7                 | Gujarat                    | 227    | 242    | 362    | 458    | 702    | 784    |   1283 |   1536 |   1417 |   1995 |
| 8                 | Haryana                    | 151    | 224    | 401    | 504    | 418    | 564    |    656 |    622 |    681 |    751 |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh           | 38     | 50     | 31     | 56     | 69     | 76     |     98 |     70 |     77 |    127 |
| 10                | Jharkhand                  | 93     | 180    | 259    | 720    | 930    | 1095   |   1204 |    953 |    967 |   1079 |
| 11                | Karnataka                  | 1020   | 1447   | 1101   | 3174   | 5839   | 12020  |  10741 |   8136 |  12556 |  21889 |
| 12                | Kerala                     | 450    | 290    | 283    | 320    | 340    | 307    |    426 |    626 |    773 |   3295 |
| 13                | Madhya Pradesh             | 289    | 231    | 258    | 490    | 740    | 602    |    699 |    589 |    826 |    685 |
| 14                | Maharashtra                | 1879   | 2195   | 2380   | 3604   | 3511   | 4967   |   5496 |   5562 |   8249 |   8103 |
| 15                | Manipur                    | 13     | 6      | 11     | 74     | 29     | 4      |     79 |     67 |     18 |      3 |
| 16                | Meghalaya                  | 60     | 56     | 39     | 39     | 74     | 89     |    142 |    107 |     75 |     64 |
| 17                | Mizoram                    | 22     | 8      | 1      | 10     | 6      | 8      |     13 |     30 |      1 |     31 |
| 18                | Nagaland                   | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      |      8 |      8 |      4 |      2 |
| 19                | Odisha                     | 124    | 386    | 317    | 824    | 843    | 1485   |   1931 |   2037 |   1983 |   2348 |
| 20                | Punjab                     | 226    | 149    | 102    | 176    | 239    | 243    |    378 |    551 |    697 |    511 |
| 21                | Rajasthan                  | 697    | 949    | 941    | 1304   | 1104   | 1762   |   1354 |   1504 |   1833 |   2435 |
| 22                | Sikkim                     | 4      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 2      |      0 |      0 |     26 |     12 |
| 23                | Tamil Nadu                 | 172    | 142    | 144    | 228    | 295    | 385    |    782 |   1076 |   2082 |   4121 |
| 24                | Telangana                  | 703    | 687    | 593    | 1209   | 1205   | 2691   |   5024 |  10303 |  15297 |  18236 |
| 25                | Tripura                    | 5      | 13     | 8      | 7      | 20     | 20     |     34 |     24 |     30 |     36 |
| 26                | Uttar Pradesh              | 1737   | 2208   | 2639   | 4971   | 6280   | 11416  |  11097 |   8829 |  10117 |  10794 |
| 27                | Uttarakhand                | 42     | 48     | 62     | 124    | 171    | 100    |    243 |    718 |    559 |    494 |
| 28                | West Bengal                | 355    | 398    | 478    | 568    | 335    | 524    |    712 |    513 |    401 |    309 |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 9285   | 11297  | 12159  | 21530  | 26931  | 44511  |  49708 |  52430 |  64907 |  85603 |
| 29                | A&N Islands                | 13     | 6      | 3      | 3      | 7      | 2      |      5 |      8 |     28 |     47 |
| 30                | Chandigarh                 | 55     | 77     | 26     | 32     | 30     | 23     |     17 |     15 |     27 |     23 |
| 31                | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 4      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 3      |      3 |      5 |      5 |      6 |
| 32                | Delhi                      | 226    | 177    | 98     | 162    | 189    | 115    |    168 |    356 |    685 |    407 |
| 33                | Jammu & Kashmir            | 37     | 34     | 28     | 63     | 73     | 73     |    120 |    154 |    173 |    185 |
| 34                | Ladakh                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |      1 |      5 |      3 |      1 |
| 35                | Lakshadweep                | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 4      | 4      |      3 |      1 |      1 |      1 |
| 36                | Puducherry                 | 1      | 0      | 2      | 5      | 14     | 4      |     10 |      0 |     64 |    147 |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)                | 337    | 295    | 158    | 266    | 317    | 224    |    327 |    544 |    986 |    817 |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 9622   | 11592  | 12317  | 21796  | 27248  | 44735  |  50035 |  52974 |  65893 |  86420 |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

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