Crime against women in cities down by 21%: NCRB report
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has said in its latest report that there has been a 21.1 percent decline in crime against women in cities in the year 2020 as compared to 2019.
As per the data, a total of 35,331 cases of crime against women were registered last year, while the number of cases in 2019 was 44,783, showing a decrease of 21.1 per cent.
It also revealed that most of the cases of crime against women were registered under ‘cruelty by husband or his relatives’ – 30.2 per cent, followed by ‘assault with intent to outrage the modesty of women’ – 19.7 per cent, kidnapping and abduction was registered under. ‘. Women’ – 19.0 percent and ‘rape’ – 7.2 percent.
The number of crimes against women in Delhi has declined by 24.18 per cent last year. The total number of cases reported in 2020 increased to 9,782 from 12,902 in 2019.
Mumbai has also recorded a decrease in crime against women as 4,583 cases were registered last year as compared to 6,519 cases in 2019, while Jaipur registered 2,369 cases against 3,417 during the same period.
Last year, Bangalore reported 2,730 cases from 3,486 in 2019, while Hyderabad reported 2,390 cases, up from 2,755 in the same period.
Despite a declining trend in almost all cities, Kolkata and Lucknow registered an increase of over 35 and 8 per cent respectively in crime against women.
In 2020, Kolkata reported 2,001 cases from 1,474 in 2019, while Lucknow reported 2,636 cases against 2,425 in 2019.
In 2020, under Section 304B (IPC) of dowry death, a total of 358 cases were registered while Delhi recorded the highest number of 109 cases, followed by Lucknow with 48, while Kanpur and Jaipur registered 30 and 26 cases respectively. were done.
In 2020, a total of 10,733 cases of cruelty by husband or his relatives were registered in cities under Section 498A (IPC) and 2,570 cases were registered in Delhi, followed by Hyderabad with 1,226 and Jaipur with 1,043.
In 2020, 5,599 women were abducted and abducted in cities under Section 336 (IPC), while Delhi reported 2,637 cases, followed by Bengaluru with 484 cases and Indore with 335 cases.
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