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Crime in India 2020 Statistics Volume I National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs) Government of India National Highway – 8, Mahipalpur, New Delhi - 110 037 Published By : National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs) Government of India National Highway – 8, Mahipalpur, New Delhi ‐ 110 037 Phone : 011‐26735450 Email : stat@ncrb.gov.in Website : https://ncrb.gov.in FOREWORD It is indeed a matter of pride and great satisfaction for us in NCRB to present the 68th edition of our annual report “Crime in India-2020” covering the crime statistics for the year 2020. Since its introduction in the year 1953, the report has made a formidable reputation for itself among various stakeholders including policy makers, police officials and researchers both nationally and internationally. Crime is not only a malafide occurrence which violates the law of state, but also a negative externality with enormous social and economic costs. Rapid changes in how people interact with each other especially on global scale enhanced by the internet, create a social dynamic which criminals can easily take advantage of in extending their reach. The statistics presented in the report will help in data based analysis and understanding the complex phenomenon of crime. The general objective of the report is to present the statistics on crime that can be used as a tool in helping law enforcement officials in its controlling. Data based policing can help focus on a specific area and allow police resources to be used more effectively. The Bureau understands that good planning is indispensable to the development and implementation of effective programs for improving criminal justice system and reducing crime. Therefore, constant efforts have been made to incorporate the changing patterns and present data in a form that will help the policy makers and planners in the face of accelerated social change and concomitant increase in crime. The Bureau is unequivocally thankful to the heads of the States & UTs Police, Directors of SCRBx/CIDs and staff for their support and assistance in furnishing data despite the difficult situation of COVID-19 prevalent in the country. I congratulate the officers and staff of Statistical Branch in bringing out the report in the stipulated time frame and appreciate the work done by them in collecting and compiling data for the report. The Bureau is bereaved by the death of Shri R. Dhanaraj, Technical Officer of the Statistical Branch, who succumbed to COVID-19 in the midst of collection of data. I take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude towards his huge contribution. Like the previous years, Crime in India-2020 is freely accessible in digital format on our website https://ncrb.gov.in. I am hopeful that the report will be useful to all national and international stakeholders. Suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated to further improve the quality and reliability of data presented in the report. (Ram Phal Pawar) th 09 September, 2021 New Delhi CONTENTS VOLUME‐I CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO. & TABLE NO. Contents i‐iv Disclaimer & Limitations v Methodology of Data Collection & Publication vi‐vii Projected Population viii A Word of Caution ix IPC Crimes over the Years 1981‐2020 x Snapshots a) States/UTs xi‐xvii b) Metropolitan Cities xviii‐xxii Chapter‐1 Summary (All India) 1.1 Total Complaints Received and Cases Registered under IPC and SLL ‐ 2018‐2020 1 1.2 IPC Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 2 1.3 SLL Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 6 Chapter‐1A Summary (States/UTs) 1A.1 IPC Crimes (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 9 1A.2 SLL Crimes (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 10 1A.3 IPC & SLL Crimes (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 11 1A.4 IPC Crimes (Crime Head‐wise & States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 12 1A.5 SLL Crimes (Crime Head‐wise & States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 58 Chapter‐1B Summary (Metropolitan Cities) 1B.1 IPC Crimes (City‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 83 1B.2 SLL Crimes (City‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 84 1B.3 IPC & SLL Crimes (City‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 85 1B.4 IPC Crimes (Crime Head‐wise & City‐wise) ‐ 2020 86 1B.5 SLL Crimes (Crime Head‐wise & City‐wise) ‐ 2020 132 Chapter‐1C Summary (Violent Crimes) 1C.1 State/UT‐wise Violent Crimes (Incidence & Crime Rate) ‐ 2020 157 1C.2 Violent Crimes (Crime Head‐wise & State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 158 1C.3 City‐wise Violent Crimes (Incidence & Crime Rate) ‐ 2020 160 1C.4 Violent Crimes (Crime Head‐wise & City‐wise) ‐ 2020 161 Chapter‐2A Murder (States/UTs) 2A.1 Murder Cases (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 163 2A.2 Motives of Murder ‐ 2020 164 2A.3 Victims of Murder (Gender & Age Group‐wise) ‐ 2020 168 Chapter‐2B Murder (Metropolitan Cities) 2B.1 Murder Cases (City‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 173 2B.2 Motives of Murder ‐ 2020 174 2B.3 Victims of Murder (Gender & Age Group‐wise) ‐ 2020 178 Chapter‐2C Kidnapping & Abduction (States/UTs) 2C.1 Kidnapping & Abduction (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 183 2C.2 Victims of Kidnaping & Abduction ‐ 2020 184 2C.2(i) Child Victims of Kidnapping & Abduction(State/UT‐wise) 2C.2(ii) Adult Victims of Kidnapping & Abduction(State/UT‐wise) 2C.3 Purpose of Kidnapping & Abduction (Alive Victims) ‐ 2020 186 2C.4 Recovery of Kidnapped & Abducted Persons (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 187 2C.5 Recovery of Kidnapped & Abducted Persons (Gender & Age Group‐wise) ‐ 2020 189 2C.5(i) Recovery of Child Victims of Kidnapping & Abduction 2C.5(ii) Recovery of Adult Victims of Kidnapping & Abduction _________________________________________________________________________________ i CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO. & TABLE NO. Chapter‐2D Kidnapping & Abduction (Metropolitan Cities) 2D.1 Kidnapping & Abduction (City‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 191 2D.2 Purpose of Kidnapping & Abduction ‐ 2020 192 2D.2(i) Child Victims of Kidnapping & Abduction (Gender & Age Group‐wise) ‐ 2020 2D.2(ii) Adult Victims of Kidnapping & Abduction (Gender & Age Group‐wise) ‐ 2020 2D.3 Purpose of Kidnapping & Abduction (Alive Victims) ‐ 2020 194 2D.4 Recovery of Kidnapped & Abducted Persons (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 195 2D.5 Recovery of Kidnapped & Abducted Persons (Gender & Age Group‐wise) ‐ 2020 197 2D.5(i) Recovery of Child Victims of Kidnapping & Abduction 2D.5(ii) Recovery of Adult Victims of Kidnapping & Abduction Chapter‐3A Crime Against Women (States/UTs) 3A.1 Crime against Women (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 199 3A.2 Crimes Against Women (Crime Head‐wise & States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 200 3A.2(i) IPC Crimes against Women 3A.2(ii) SLL Crimes against Women 3A.3 Women & Girls Victims of Rape under Different Age‐Groups ‐ 2020 216 3A.4 Offenders Relation to Victims of Rape ‐ 2020 217 3A.5 Police Disposal of Crime Against Women Cases (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 218 3A.6 Police Disposal of Crime Against Women Cases (States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 226 3A.7 Court Disposal of Crime Against Women Cases (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 230 3A.8 Court Disposal of Crime Against Women Cases (States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 238 3A.9 Disposal of Persons Arrested for Crime Against Women (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 242 3A.10 Disposal of Persons Arrested for Crime Against Women (States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 246 3A.11 Cases Registered under Rape (Section‐wise) ‐ 2020 248 Chapter 3B Crime Against Women (Metropolitan Cities) 3B.1 Crime Against Women (City‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 253 3B.2 Crime Against Women (Crime Head‐wise & City‐wise) ‐ 2020 254 3B.2(i) IPC Crimes against Women 3B.2(ii) SLL Crimes against Women 3B.3 Police Disposal of Crime Against Women Cases (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 270 3B.4 Police Disposal of Crime Against Women Cases (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 278 3B.5 Court Disposal of Crime Against Women Cases (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 282 3B.6 Court Disposal of Crime Against Women Cases (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 290 3B.7 Disposal of Persons Arrested for Crime Against Women (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 294 3B.8 Disposal of Persons Arrested for Crime Against Women (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 298 Chapter‐4A Crime Against Children (States/UTs) 4A.1 Crime Against Children (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 301 4A.2 Crime Against Children (Crime Head‐wise & States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 302 4A.2(i) IPC Crimes against Children 4A.2(ii) SLL Crimes against Children 4A.3 Police Disposal of Crime Against Children Cases (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 322 4A.4 Police Disposal of Crime Against Children Cases (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 330 4A.5 Court Disposal of Crime Against Children Cases (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 334 4A.6 Court Disposal of Crime Against Children Cases (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 342 4A.7 Disposal of Persons Arrested for Crime Against Children (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 346 4A.8 Disposal of Persons Arrested for Crime Against Children (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 350 4A.9 Age Profile of Victims of POCSO (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 352 4A.10 Offenders Relation to Child Victims of POCSO Act (Section 4 & 6) ‐ 2020 354 _________________________________________________________________________________ ii CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO. & TABLE NO. Chapter‐4B Crime Against Children (Metropolitan Cities) 4B.1 Crime Against Children (City‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 355 4B.2 Crime Against Children (Crime Head‐wise & City‐wise) ‐ 2020 356 4B.2(i) IPC Crimes against Children 4B.2(ii) SLL Crimes against Children 4B.3 Police Disposal of Crime Against Children Cases (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 376 4B.4 Police Disposal of Crime Against Children Cases (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 384 4B.5 Court Disposal of Crime Against Children Cases (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 388 4B.6 Court Disposal of Crime Against Children Cases (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 396 4B.7 Disposal of Persons Arrested for Crime Against Children (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2020 400 4B.8 Disposal of Persons Arrested for Crime Against Children(City‐wise) ‐ 2020 404 Chapter‐5A Juveniles in Conflict with Law (States/UTs) 5A.1 Crime Committed by Juveniles (State/UT‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 407 5A.2 IPC Crimes Committed by Juveniles (States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 408 5A.3 SLL Crimes Committed by Juveniles (States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 417 5A.4 Juveniles Apprehended (Crime Head, Age Groups & Gender‐wise) ‐ 2020 423 5A.5 Disposal of Juveniles Apprehended (States/UT‐wise) ‐ 2020 431 5A.6 Education & Family Background of Juveniles Arrested ‐ 2020 432 Chapter‐5B Juveniles in Conflict with Law (Metropolitan Cities) 5B.1 Crime Committed by Juveniles (City‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 433 5B.2 IPC Crimes committed by Juveniles (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 434 5B.3 SLL Crimes committed by Juveniles (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 443 5B.4 Juveniles Apprehended (Crime Head, Age Groups & Gender‐wise) ‐ 2020 446 5B.5 Disposal of Juveniles Apprehended (City‐wise) ‐ 2020 454 5B.6 Education & Family Background of Juveniles Arrested ‐ 2020 455 Glossary & Abbreviations Acknowledgement Feedback CONTENTS VOLUME‐II Chapter‐6A Crime Against Senior Citizens (States/UTs) 457 Chapter‐6B Crime Against Senior Citizen (Metropolitan Cities) 487 Chapter‐7A Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Castes (States/UTs) 517 Chapter‐7B Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Castes (Metropolitan Cities) 565 Chapter‐7C Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Tribes (States/UTs ) 613 Chapter‐7D Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Tribes (Metropolitan Cities) 661 Chapter‐8A Economic Offences (States/UTs) 709 Chapter‐8B Economic Offences (Metropolitan Cities) 731 Chapter‐8C Corruption Offences (States/UTs) 753 Chapter‐9A Cyber Crimes (States/UTs) 759 Chapter‐9B Cyber Crimes (Metropolitan Cities) 807 Chapter‐10A Offences against the State 853 Chapter‐10B Crime Committed by Anti National Elements 875 Chapter‐11 Offences related to Environment 889 _________________________________________________________________________________ iii CONTENTS ‐ VOLUME‐III Chapter‐12A Crime in Railways (Government Railway Police) 911 Chapter‐12B Crime in Railways (Railway Protection Force) 927 Chapter‐13A Crime Against Foreigners 931 Chapter‐13B Crime Committed by Foreigners 961 Chapter‐14 Human Trafficking 983 Chapter‐15 Missing Persons (States & UTs) 995 Chapter‐16A Custodial Crimes & Complaints Against Police Personnel 1001 Chapter‐16B Injuries & Causalities of Police & Civilians and Incidents of Police Firing/ 1007 Lathi‐charge Chapter‐17A Disposal of Cases By Police (States/UTs) 1013 Chapter‐17B Disposal of Cases By Police (Metropolitan Cities) 1061 Chapter‐18A Disposal of Cases By Courts (States/UTs) 1097 Chapter‐18B Disposal of Cases By Courts (Metropolitan Cities) 1153 Chapter‐19A Arrests, Convictions & Acquittals of Persons (States/UTs) 1189 Chapter‐19B Arrests, Convictions & Acquittals of Persons (Metropolitan Cities) 1239 Chapter‐19C Recidivism 1287 Chapter‐20A Property Stolen and Recovered (States/UTs) 1289 Chapter‐20B Seizures by State/UT Police 1293 Chapter‐20C Seizures and Prosecution (Central Armed Police Forces) 1301 ****** _________________________________________________________________________________ iv Disclaimer 1. The information published in this report has been obtained from States/UTs Police and CAPFs/CPOs. National Crime Records Bureau has only compiled and collated the data and presented it in the form of this report. As data is being furnished by States/UTs/ CAPFs/CPOs, NCRB is not responsible for authenticity of the information. However, any discrepancy observed in this report may be brought to the notice of the Bureau. Limitations 1. Since the publication caters to the ‘Principal Offence Rule’ for classification of crime, the actual count of each crime head may be under reported. This is because among many offences registered in a single FIR case, only most heinous crime (maximum punishment) will be considered as counting unit. Hence, there is likelihood of some IPC/SLL cases getting under reported as they are hidden under major IPC crimes. For example, Murder with Rape is accounted as Murder; Dowry Prohibition Act when applied along with Dowry Death (304B of IPC) will be counted as Dowry Death only. 2. The Socio-economic causative factors or reasons of crimes are not being captured by the Bureau. Only police recorded crime cases are being captured for this publication. 3. Crime Rates (Crime per lakh population) of States/UTs have been arrived at using the Mid-Year Projected Population of respective States/UTs of 2020 based on 2011 census (Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections, July, 2020, National Commission on Population, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare). However, this is not available in respect of metropolitan cities. Crime Rates for Metropolitan cities have been calculated using Actual Population Census 2011. Hence, Crime Rates of States and Metropolitan cities are not comparable. 4. ‘Crime Rate’ is not calculated for City-wise Crimes under ‘Children, SCs/STs & Senior Citizens’ due to non-availability of Population figures of these groups in the cities. 5. Data from West Bengal for 2019 had not been received in time for the publication of Crime in India-2019 and therefore WB data for 2018 had instead been used in that publication for arriving at National figures/trends. Now, WB data for 2019 which was received late last year, has been factored in this publication wherever references to that data appear. 6. Due to non-receipt of validated data for ‘Chapter 8C-Prevention of Corruption Act’ from Anti-Corruption Bureau of Kerala and Chhattisgarh for the year 2019 and 2020, data furnished for the year 2018 has been used in the total to see the National trend. v Methodology for Data Collection & Publication A) Data Collection and Compilation Process Crime in India – 2020 deals with the crime data which refers to the calendar year (1st January to 31st December of 2020). The data collection process including clarifications from the States/UTs/Central Agencies started in Jan, 2021 and continued till July, 2021. a) State/UT Police: i. The annual State/UT data for “Crime in India” is furnished by the 36 States/UTs in the NCRB prescribed proformae through a software application developed by NCRB. ii. Similar data is also furnished for 53 Metropolitan Cities by respective SCRBs /CIDs (i.e. Metropolitan Cities which have the population of 1 million (10 lakh) or more as per Population Census, 2011). However, data pertaining to only 19 Metropolitan Cities which have crossed the population of 2 million (20 lakhs) is being published in hard copy. The data for remaining 34 Metropolitan Cities would, however, be available on NCRB Website. iii. Delhi UT comprises of both Delhi City and rural part of Delhi. iv. The data is entered by State/UT Police at Police Station/District level. v. A training is conducted every year for the functional officials (Police constables, HCs, ASIs, SIs, etc. from all States/UTs) to explain the various issues concerning entry of data in input tables. vi. The consolidation of District/State level data is done by State Police Agencies (SCRB/ CID). vii. First level data validation is done at the Police Station/District level during the data capturing process itself and Second level data validation is done at the state level at the time of consolidation of District data through the NCRB application. viii. Data is scrutinized at NCRB for discrepancy / inconsistency. The same, if any, are communicated to the respective State/UT for verification and rectification. ix. Amendments/Rectifications, if any, in the data are incorporated in the database by NCRB. b) Central Armed Police Forces/Central Police Organisations: Data of Trafficking and Seizures by Border Security Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Indo‐Tibetan Border Police and Sashastra Seema Bal have been published under Chapter 20C. c) Compilation at NCRB: i. After receiving final data from all States/UTs including Metropolitan Cities, All‐India data is generated by NCRB. vi ii. The National Level tables for the “Crime in India” publication are generated through the application and cross checked for discrepancy, if any. iii. Calculations used in columns, if any, are mentioned at the bottom of the respective table. B) Methodology Adopted for the Present Publication (2020) a) Principal Offence Rule: As per the International Standard, the Bureau follows ‘Principal Offence Rule’ for counting of crime. In other words Principal Offence Rule refers to the system of recording each criminal incident as one crime. If many offences are registered in a single FIR case, only the most heinous crime i.e. the one that attracts maximum punishment will be considered as counting unit. b) Population Sl. Segment Source Year of Population 1. IPC & SLL Report of the Technical Group on Estimated population of Population Projections, July, States/UTs on the basis of 2011 2020, National Commission on Census for 2020 Population, MoHFW 2. Women Report of the Technical Group on Estimated population of Population Projections, July, States/UTs on the basis of 2011 2020, National Commission on Census for 2020 Population, MoHFW 3. Children RGI Actual Census 2011 4. Senior Citizen RGI Actual Census 2011 5. Scheduled Castes RGI Actual Census 2011 6. Scheduled Tribes RGI Actual Census 2011 7. Metropolitan Cities RGI Actual Census 2011 (Details of population for States / UTs and Metropolitan Cities are placed at Annexure – I.) c) Crime Rate In order to make the Statistical Analysis more meaningful, ‘Crime Rate’ has been used i.e. crime per lakh population of the respective segment of the population viz. Women, Children & SC/ST etc. Crime Rate = Number of Cases Reported / Population in Lakhs. d) Terms used for registered FIRs The terms in the report namely ‘Cases Registered’, ‘Cases Reported’, ‘Number of Cases’, ‘Number of Crimes’, ‘Number of incidences’, ‘Incidences’ are interchangeably used to indicate the number of registered FIRs. C) Improvements over previous publication a) Chargesheeting Rate, being a better indicator of police performance has been published alongside Crime Rate in the first table of every Chapter. b) State/UT‐wise data on number of District‐level Anti‐Human Trafficking Units has been included and published under Table 14.8 in Chapter‐14 Human Trafficking. c) Data on crimes under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 has been included under Special & Local Laws. vii Projected Population– States/UTs Population (in Lakhs) SL STATE/UT 2020 SL STATE/UT 2020 1 Andhra Pradesh 525.99 19 Odisha 454.65 2 Arunachal Pradesh 15.22 20 Punjab 301.79 3 Assam 347.93 21 Rajasthan 786.09 4 Bihar 1218.95 22 Sikkim 6.72 5 Chhattisgarh 292.37 23 Tamil Nadu 761.67 6 Goa 15.53 24 Telangana 375.36 7 Gujarat 691.71 25 Tripura 40.42 8 Haryana 292.13 26 Uttar Pradesh 2289.31 9 Himachal Pradesh 73.62 27 Uttarakhand 113.13 10 Jharkhand 381.15 28 West Bengal 977.19 11 Karnataka 664.96 29 A&N Islands 3.99 12 Kerala 353.68 30 Chandigarh 11.98 D&N Haveli and 13 Madhya Pradesh 837.55 31 10.38 Daman & Diu 14 Maharashtra 1236.76 32 Delhi 203.19 15 Manipur 31.42 33 Jammu & Kashmir 133.4 16 Meghalaya 32.64 34 Ladakh 2.96 17 Mizoram 12.07 35 Lakshadweep 0.68 18 Nagaland 21.77 36 Puducherry 15.49 Population – 19 Metropolitan Cities SL CITY Population SL CITY Population in in Lakhs Lakhs 1 Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 63.52 10 Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) 29.20 2 Bengaluru (Karnataka) 84.99 11 Kochi (Kerala) 21.18 3 Chennai (Tamil Nadu) 86.96 12 Kolkata (West Bengal) 141.13 4 Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) 21.51 13 Kozhikode (Kerala) 20.31 5 Delhi 163.15 14 Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) 29.01 6 Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) 23.59 15 Mumbai (Maharashtra) 184.14 7 Hyderabad (Telangana) 77.49 16 Nagpur (Maharashtra) 24.98 8 Indore (Madhya Pradesh) 21.67 17 Patna (Bihar) 20.47 9 Jaipur (Rajasthan) 30.73 18 Pune (Maharashtra) 50.50 19 Surat (Gujarat) 45.85 Population Source : For States/UTs : Report of the Technical group on Population Projections (July, 2020) National Commission on Population, MoHFW (estimated population of 2020 based on 2011 Census). For 19 Metropolitan Cities : Registrar General of India actual population of 2011 Census. Note: The Totals of the Population Figures, inside the publication may however, vary due to rounding off to single decimal. ***** viii CRIME STATISICS ‐ A WORD OF CAUTION! Crime is manifestation of myriad complex factors. The causes of criminal behavior lie in the social processes and structures. People commit crimes due to the process of socialization that does not develop strong sense of right or wrong and due to the emerging opportunities, the enlarging desires that act as strong motivation for taking to crime to fulfill these desires. The genesis of crime can be traced to interplay of various social, economic, demographic, local and institutional factors. The presumption that crime occurs because of the failures of police therefore displays a complete lack of understanding of the theories of criminal behavior. Further, these social factors along with other latent and concomitant factors vary significantly across different regions, states and societies. The differences in procedures over large geographical regions and styles of functioning inherent between organizations also create wide variances. Hence, doing comparison among States/districts/regions/social groups etc. on the basis of these published data alone will be too simplistic and is best avoided. Further, no weightage has been assigned to the gravity or nature of the crime. All crimes have thus been treated equal in counting the total crime for a State or City. More crime registered say, in a city is, therefore, not an indicator of its being comparatively unsafe than the city where total crime may be less. Lastly, as crime increases with population, Crime per lakh population (Crime Rate) may be a better indicator to assess increase or decrease in crime. However, a word of caution here! The primary presumption that the upward swing in police data indicates an increase in crime and thus a reflection of the ineffectiveness of the police is fallacious. ‘Rise in crime’ and ‘increase in registration of crime by police’ are clearly two different things, a fact which is often confused. Thus an oft-repeated expectation from certain quarters that an effective police administration will be able to keep the crime figures low is misplaced. Increase in crime numbers in a State police data may in fact be on account of certain citizen centric police initiatives, like launching of e-FIR facility or women Helpdesks, etc. The increase or decrease in crime numbers, however, does call for a professional investigation of underlying factors jointly with local communities to suitably address the issues involved. ix At a glance - IPC Crimes over the years 1981 - 2020 Total IPC Crimes Total IPC Crimes S. Charge- S. Charge- Year Crime Crime Year Crime No. sheeting No. Crime Rate sheeting Incidence Rate Incidence Rate Rate 1 1981 1385757 200.8 61.3 21 2001 1769308 172.3 78.6 2 1982 1353904 192.0 65.3 22 2002 1780330 169.5 80.0 3 1983 1349866 187.4 67.3 23 2003 1716120 160.7 80.1 4 1984 1358660 184.7 67.9 24 2004 1832015 168.8 79.8 5 1985 1384731 184.4 70.2 25 2005 1822602 165.3 80.7 6 1986 1405835 183.5 71.1 26 2006 1878293 167.7 80.6 7 1987 1406992 180.1 72.4 27 2007 1989673 175.1 80.1 8 1988 1440356 180.8 70.7 28 2008 2093379 181.5 79.8 9 1989 1529844 188.5 72.3 29 2009 2121345 181.4 78.4 10 1990 1604449 194.0 70.2 30 2010 2224831 187.6 79.1 11 1991 1678375 197.5 71.3 31 2011 2325575 192.2 78.8 12 1992 1689341 194.7 72.2 32 2012 2387188 196.7 78.8 13 1993 1629936 184.4 72.5 33 2013 2647722 215.5 79.5 14 1994 1635251 181.7 74.1 34 2014 2851563 229.2 79.6 15 1995 1695696 185.1 74.3 35 2015 2949400 234.2 77.7 16 1996 1709576 183.4 76.9 36 2016 2975711 233.6 72.9 17 1997 1719820 180.0 77.5 37 2017 3062579 237.7 70.7 18 1998 1778815 183.2 77.8 38 2018 3132955 236.7 68.1 19 1999 1764629 178.9 78.0 39 2019 3225597 241.2 67.2 20 2000 1771084 176.7 78.4 40 2020 4254356 314.3 75.8 x Crime in India – 2020 SNAPSHOTS (States/UTs) A) Overall Crime i. Total of 66,01,285 cognizable crimes comprising 42,54,356 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and 23,46,929 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes were registered in 2020. It shows an increase of 14,45,127 (28.0%) in registration of cases over 2019 (51,56,158 cases). Crime rate registered per lakh population has increased from 385.5 in 2019 to 487.8 in 2020. During 2020, registration of cases under IPC has increased by 31.9% whereas SLL crimes have increased by 21.6% over 2019. Percentage share of IPC was 64.4% while percentage share of SLL cases was 35.6% of total cognizable crimes during 2020. [Table –1.1] ii. Major increase was seen in the cases registered under Disobedience to order duly promulgated by Public Servant (Sec. 188 IPC) from 29,469 cases in 2019 to 6,12,179 cases in 2020 and under ‘Other IPC Crimes’ from 2,52,268 cases in 2019 to 10,62,399 cases in 2020 [Table 1A.4]. Similarly under SLL category, more cases were registered under 'Other State Local Acts' from 89,553 cases in 2019 to 4,14,589 cases in 2020. These together have resulted in 16,43,690 more cases registered in 2020 as compared to 2019. [Table 1A.5]. These cases are primarily those arising out of violations of Covid-19 norms. Effectively therefore, there is a decrease in registration of traditional crime by about two lakh cases. iii. During 2020, total of 55,84,135 IPC cases (13,27,167 cases pending from previous year + 42,54,356 reported during the year + 2,612 cases re-opened for investigation) were under investigation, out of which total of 34,47,285 cases were disposed of by police including 26,11,925 cases which were charge sheeted, resulting in the charge sheeting rate of 75.8%. The charge-sheeting rate under IPC Crimes has thus increased by 12.5% over 2019 (67.4%). iv. The country remained under complete lockdown from 25th March, 2020 and 31st May, 2020 due to COVID-19 Pandemic (First Wave), during which time movement in public space was very limited. The cases registered under Crimes against Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Theft, Burglary, Robbery and Dacoity have therefore declined, whereas Covid related enforcement has resulted in increase of cases registered under 'Disobedience to order duly promulgated by Public Servant (Sec. 188 IPC)', under 'Other IPC Crimes' and under 'Other State Local Acts'. B) Offences Affecting the Human Body1 - Summary A total of 10,47,216 cases of offences affecting the human body were registered which accounted for 24.6% of total IPC crimes during 2020, out of which hurt (5,78,641 cases) accounted for maximum cases i.e. 55.3%, followed by cases of causing death by negligence (1,26,779 cases, 12.1%) and cases of Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty (85,392 cases, 8.2%). [Table – 1A.4] xi The cases registered under offences against human body depict a marginal decrease of 0.5% in 2020 over 2019 (10,52,016 cases) and the crime rate has declined from 78.6 in 2019 to 77.4 in 2020. [Table – 1A.4] C) Murder i. A total of 29,193 cases of murder were registered during 2020, showing a marginal increase of 1.0% over 2019 (28,915 cases). [Table – 2.A2] ii. ‘Disputes’ (10,404 cases) was the motive in highest number of murder cases during 2020 followed by ‘Personal vendetta or enmity’ (4,034 cases) and ‘Gain’ (1,876 cases). [Table – 2A.2] D) Kidnapping & Abduction i. A total of 84,805 cases of kidnapping & abduction were registered during 2020, showing a decrease of 19.3% over 2019 (1,05,036 cases). [Table – 2C.1] ii. A total of 88,590 (14,869 male and 73,721 female) victims were reported kidnapped or abducted during 2020, out of which 56,591 (8,715 male and 47,876 female)2 victims were children and 31,999 (6,154 male and 25,845 female) victims were adult. [Table – 2C.2] iii. During 2020, a total of 91,739 kidnapped or abducted persons (22,872 male and 68,867 female) were recovered out of which 91,458 persons were recovered alive and 281 persons were found dead. [Table – 2C.4] E) Offences against Public Tranquillity A total of 71,107 cases of offences against public tranquility were registered under various sections of IPC during 2020, out of which rioting (51,606 cases) accounted for 72.6% of total such cases. The cases of offences against public tranquility have increased by 12.4% in 2020 over 2019 (63,262 cases). [Table – 1A.4] F) Crime against Women i. A total of 3,71,503 cases of crime against women were registered during 2020, showing a decline of 8.3% over 2019 (4,05,326 cases).[Table – 3A.1] ii. Majority of cases under crime against women under IPC were registered under ‘Cruelty by Husband or His Relatives’ (30.0%) followed by ‘Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’ (23.0%), ‘Kidnapping & Abduction of Women’ (16.8%) and ‘Rape’ (7.5%). The crime rate registered per lakh women population is 56.5 in 2020 in comparison with 62.3 in 2019. [Table – 3A.2] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note 1: Chapter XVI of IPC covers gamut of cases relating to “Offences Affecting the Human Body” Note 2: The Hon’ble Supreme Court direction on Writ Petition (Civil) No. 75 of 2012 on 10.05.2013, Bachpan Bachao Andolan vs Union of India - In case of complaint with regard to any missing children; made in a police station, the same should be reduced into a First Information Report with an initial presumption of either abduction or trafficking. xii G) Crime against Children i. A total of 1,28,531 cases of crime against children were registered during 2020, showing a decrease of 13.2% over 2019 (1,48,090 cases). [Table – 4A.1] ii. In percentage terms, major crime heads under ‘Crime Against Children’ during 2020 were Kidnapping & Abduction (42.6%) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (38.8%) including child rape. The crime rate registered per lakh children population is 28.9 in 2020 in comparison with 33.2 in 2019. [Table – 4A.3] H) Juveniles in Conflict with Law i. A total of 29,768 cases have been registered against Juveniles during 2020, depicting a decrease of 7.8% over 2019 (32,269 cases). The crime rate also depicts a decrease from 7.2 in 2019 to 6.7 in 2020. [Table – 5A.1] ii. A total of 35,352 juveniles were apprehended in 29,768 cases, out of which 31,618 juveniles were apprehended under cases of IPC and 3,734 juveniles were apprehended under cases of SLL during 2020. [Table – 5A.4] iii. Majority of juveniles in conflict with law apprehended under IPC & SLL crimes were in the age group of 16 years to 18 years (76.2%) (26,954 out of 35,352) during 2020. [Table – 5A.4] I) Crime against Senior Citizens A total of 24,794 cases were registered for committing crime against Senior Citizens (aged above 60 years), showing a decrease of 10.8% in registration over 2019 (27,804 cases). [Table – 6A.1] Crime head-wise cases revealed that simple hurt with 25.8% (6,396 cases) formed the highest chunk of cases of crimes against Senior Citizens followed by Theft with 11.6% (2,872 cases) and FCF (Forgery, Cheating & Fraud) with 10.0% (2,490 cases) during 2020. [Table – 6A.2] J) Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs) A total of 50,291 cases were registered for committing crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs), showing an increase of 9.4% over 2019 (45,961 cases). Crime rate registered showed an increase from 22.8 in 2019 to 25.0 in 2020. [Table – 7A.1] Crime head-wise cases revealed that simple hurt with 32.9% (16,543 cases) formed the largest chunk of cases of crimes/atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs) during 2020. It was followed by cases under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act with 8.5% (4,273 cases) and cases under Criminal Intimidation with 7.5% (3,788 cases). [Table – 7A.3] xiii K) Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Tribes (STs) A total of 8,272 cases were registered for committing crime against Scheduled Tribes (STs), showing an increase of 9.3% over 2019 (7,570 cases). Crime rate registered increased from 7.3 in 2019 to 7.9 in 2020. [Table – 7C.1] Crime head-wise cases revealed that simple hurt (2,247 cases) formed the highest number of cases of crimes/atrocities against Scheduled Tribes (STs) accounting for 27.2% during 2020, it was followed by rape with 13.7% (1,137 cases) and assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty with 10.7% (885 cases). [Table – 7C.3] L) Economic Offences A total of 1,45,754 cases were registered under economic offences, showing a decrease of 12.0% in registration over 2019 (1,65,693 cases). Out of three specified category of economic offences viz. criminal breach of trust, FCF (forgery, cheating & fraud) and counterfeiting, FCF accounted for maximum of such cases, with 1,27,724 cases, followed by criminal breach of trust (17,358 cases) and counterfeiting (672 cases) during 2020. [Table – 8A.2] M) Prevention of Corruption Act A total of 3,100 cases have been registered in 2020 by State Anti-Corruption Bureaux (ACBs) as compared to 4,244 cases in 2019, showing a decrease of 27.0%. Out of 3,100 Cases, majority, i.e., 65.0% were Trap Cases (2,014) followed by 14.7 % of Criminal Misconduct (457 Cases). A total of 3,740 persons were arrested, 431 persons were convicted and departmental action was taken against 312 persons. [Tables – 8C]. N) Cyber Crimes A total of 50,035 cases were registered under Cyber Crimes, showing an increase of 11.8% in registration over 2019 (44,735 cases). Crime rate under this category increased from 3.3 in 2019 to 3.7 in 2020. During 2020, 60.2% of cyber-crime cases registered were for the motive of fraud (30,142 out of 50,035 cases) followed by sexual exploitation with 6.6% (3,293 cases) and Extortion with 4.9% (2,440 cases). [Table – 9A.3] O) Offences against State A total of 5,613 cases have been registered in 2020 as compared to 7,656 cases in the year 2019, showing a decrease of 26.7%. Out of 5,613 cases, 80.6% of cases were registered under The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act (4,524 Cases) followed by 796 (14.2%) cases under The Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. [Table - 10A.2] xiv P) Environment Related Offences During the year 2020, a total of 61,767 cases were registered under Environment Related Offences as compared to 34,676 cases in the year 2019, showing an increase of 78.1%. Crime head-wise cases revealed that the cases registered under The Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) with 80.5 % (49,710 Cases) were the highest followed by Noise Pollution Acts (State/Central) with 11.8% (7,318 Cases). [Table – 11.2] Q) Crime against Foreigners and Crime by Foreigners A total of 191 crimes were registered for crime against foreigners (Tourist and Resident) as compared to 404 cases in 2019, showing a decrease of 52.7%. Most of the cases registered were under Theft (52) and Rape (16). Out of 248 victims in 191 registered cases, 50.0% of the victims were from Asian Continent (124) followed by 25.4% of victims from Europe (63). [Tables – 13A.1-6] A total of 1,937 cases were registered in 2020 against foreigners as compared to 2,652 cases in the year 2019, showing a decrease of 27.0%. Crime head-wise cases revealed that 51.5% of the cases registered were under Foreigners Act & Registration of Foreigners Act (997 Cases), followed by 10.6% of Cases under NDPS Act (205 Cases) [Tables – 13B.1-6] R) Human Trafficking A total of 1,714 cases of Human Trafficking were registered in 2020 as compared to 2,208 cases in the year 2019, showing a decrease of 22.4%. A total of 4,709 victims have been reported to be trafficked in which 2,222 children and 2,487 adults were trafficked. Apart from this, 4,680 victims have been rescued from clutches of traffickers. A total of 4,966 persons were arrested in 1,714 cases of trafficking. [Tables – 14.1-7] S) 1) Missing Persons A total of 3,23,170 persons (1,00,748 male, 2,22,395 female and 27 transgender) were reported missing in 2020.The number of persons reported missing has decreased by 15.0% in 2020 from 3,80,129 persons missing during 2019. [Table – 15.2] During the year 2020, a total of 3,32,483 persons (1,08,298 males, 2,24,043 females and 142 transgender) were recovered/traced. [Table – 15.2] 2) Missing Children A total of 59,262 children (13,566 male, 45,687 female and 9 transgender) were reported missing in 2020. The number of children missing has decreased by 19.8% in 2020 from 73,885 children missing during 2019. [Table – 15.1] During the year 2020, a total of 64,573 children (15,832 male, 48,717 female and 24 transgender) were recovered/traced. [Table – 15.1] xv T) Offences against Property i. The cases registered under offences against property have decreased by 24.6% from 8,53,455 cases in 2019 to 6,43,583 cases in 2020. During 2020, maximum cases reported were of theft (4,93,172 cases), followed by burglaries (86,223 cases), accounting for 76.6% and 13.4% respectively. [Table – 1A.4] ii. During 2020, Properties worth Rs. 3,678.1 Crores were stolen and Properties worth Rs. 1,185 Crore were recovered accounting for 32.2% recovery of stolen properties. [Table – 20A.1] iii. During 2020, 2,38,709 cases of property crimes registered took place at residential premises. However, majority of robberies registered took place on roadways with 14,824 cases. [Table – 20A.2] U) Offences Relating to Documents & Property Marks As compared to 1,44,707 cases in 2019, 1,28,396 cases were registered under offences against documents & property marks in 2020 comprising of counterfeiting and FCF (forgery, cheating & fraud), out of which, FCF (1,27,724 cases) accounted for 99.5% of total such cases. [Table – 1A.4] V) Seizures under Arms Act As compared to 73,713 cases under arms act during 2019 , 68,463 cases were registered during 2020 in which 74,581 Arms were seized, comprising of 1,412 arms as licensed/factory made and 73,169 Arms as Unlicensed/ improvised/crude/country made. A total of 95,265 number of ammunitions were also seized during 2020. [Table – 20B.1] W) Seizure of Explosives As compared to 7,62,319 Kgs of Explosives recovered in 2019, a total of 68,312 Kgs Explosives (RDX, TNT, Plastic Explosives, Gun Powder, Pyrotechnic/Fireworks etc.) have been seized during 2020. This comprises of seizures from Anti-national Elements (627 Kgs) and seizures from Other Criminals including smugglers (67,685 Kgs). Telangana Major decline in seizure of explosives A Total of 8,01,046 Number of explosive devices (Detonators, Gelatin Sticks, Grenades, Landmines & IEDs etc.) have also been recovered during 2020, as compared to 7,46,886 number in 2019. [Table – 20B.4] X) Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) Seizure A total of 8,34,947 notes worth ₹ 92,17,80,480 were seized under Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) during 2020 as compared to 2,87,404 notes worth ₹ 25,39,09,130 in the year 2019 showing as increase of 190.5%. [Table – 20B.5] xvi Y) Disposal of IPC Cases by Police & Court S. Crime Head Total Cases Cases Charge- Total Cases Total Conviction No. under IPC for Charge- sheeting for Trial Cases Rate Investigation Sheeted Rate Convicted 1. Murder 50,258 24,015 85.3 2,32,859 4,536 44.1 2. Rape 43,196 23,693 82.2 1,69,558 3,814 39.3 3. Kidnapping & 1,56,358 32,081 37.3 2,64,117 3,381 35.6 Abduction 4. Rioting 81,846 43,063 89.2 5,19,589 4,613 29.5 5. Hurt 7,67,762 4,73,822 88.7 29,04,719 50,694 41.9 (including acid attack) Z) Disposal of SLL Cases by Police & Court S. Crime Head under Total Cases Cases Charge- Total Total Convi- No. SLL for Charge - sheeting Cases for Cases ction Investigation Sheeted Rate Trial Convicted Rate 1. The Excise Act 3,43,518 2,79,768 97.6 9,60,659 1,45,279 94.1 2. Narcotics Drugs & 92,042 54,024 98.3 2,72,135 14,340 81.6 Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 3. The Arms Act 82,754 66,000 98.7 4,56,443 28,030 86.3 AA) Arrests, Convictions & Acquittals A total of 68,14,614 persons were arrested under IPC & SLL cases combined, as follows: i. A total of 44,24,852 persons were arrested under 42,54,356 cases of IPC crimes. A total of 44,17,740 persons were charge-sheeted, 6,34,229 persons were convicted, 5,03,044 persons were acquitted and 55,650 persons were discharged. [Table – 19A.6] ii. A total of 23,89,762 persons were arrested under 23,46,929 cases of SLL crimes. A total of 25,65,448 persons were charge-sheeted, 8,76,553 persons were convicted, 1,17,539 persons were acquitted and 13,755 persons were discharged. [Table – 19A.8] The States reporting highest Charge-sheeting Rate under IPC Crimes are Gujarat (97.1%), Kerala (94.9%) and Tamil Nadu (91.7%).  xvii Crime in India – 2020 SNAPSHOTS (Metropolitan Cities - >2 Million Population) (19 Metropolitan Cities : Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune and Surat) A) Overall Crime i. A total of 9,24,016 cognizable crimes comprising 6,68,061 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and 2,55,955 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes were registered in 19 metropolitan cities during 2020, showing an increase of 7.6% over 2019 (8,59,117 cases).[Table –1B.1& 1B.2] ii. During 2020, IPC crimes registered have increased by 10.9% and SLL crimes registered have decreased marginally by 0.2% over 2019. [Table – 1B.1& 1B.2] iii. Percentage share of IPC was 72.3% while percentage share of SLL cases was 27.7% during 2020. [Table – 1B.1& 1B.2] iv. Under IPC crimes, majority of cases were registered under Theft accounting for 33.0% (2,20,772 out of 6,68,061 cases) followed by Disobedience to order duly promulgated by Public Servant (Sec. 188 IPC) with 23.4% (1,56,593 cases) and Hurt with 5.3% (35,081 cases) during 2020. [Table – 1B.4] v. Under SLL crimes, majority of cases were registered under Prohibition Act accounting for 21.8% (55,743 out of 2,55,955 cases) followed by City/Town Police Acts accounting for 12.0% (30,812 cases) and The Information Technology Act accounting for 4.8% (12,225 cases) during 2020. [Table – 1B.5] vi. During 2020, total of 9,36,227 IPC cases (2,67,989 cases pending from previous year + 6,68,061 cases reported during the year + 177 cases re-opened for investigation) were under investigation, out of which total of 5,45,864 cases were disposed of by police including 3,03,422 cases which were charge sheeted, resulting in the charge sheeting rate of 55.6%. The charge- sheeting rate under IPC Crimes has thus increased by 32.3% over 2019 (42.0%). B) Offences Affecting the Human Body1 - Summary A total of 70,016 cases of offences affecting the human body were registered which accounted for 10.5% of total IPC crimes in 19 metropolitan cities during 2020. Out of these cases Hurt (35,081 cases) accounted for maximum cases i.e. 50.1% followed by cases of Kidnapping & Abduction (10,297 cases, 14.7%) and cases of Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty (6,964 cases, 9.9%). [Table – 1B.4] The cases registered under offences against human body depict a decrease of 24.3% in 2020 over 2019 (92,528 cases). The crime rate registered under this head show a decrease from 81.1 in 2019 to 61.4 in 2020. [Table – 1B.4] Note: 1: Chapter XVI of IPC covers gamut of cases relating to “Offences affecting the Human Body” xviii C) Murder i. A total of 1,849 cases of murder were registered during 2020, showing a decrease of 8.3% over 2019 (2,017 cases). The crime rate registered also show a decrease of 1.8 in 2019 to 1.6 in 2020. [Table – 2B.1] ii. ‘Disputes’ (659 cases) was the motive of murder in highest number of cases followed by ‘Personal Vendetta or Enmity’ (396 cases) and ‘Love Affairs’ (96 cases). [Table – 2B.2] D) Kidnapping & Abduction i. A total of 10,297 cases of kidnapping & abduction were registered during 2020, showing a decrease of 30.0% over 2019 (14,719 cases). [Table – 2D.1] ii. During 2020, a total of 11,494 kidnapped or abducted persons (3,406 male and 8,088 female) were recovered out of which 11,458 persons were recovered alive and 36 were found dead. [Table – 2D.4] E) Offences against Public Tranquillity A total of 4,437 cases of offences against public tranquillity were registered under various sections of IPC during 2020, out of which rioting cases (2,264) accounting for 51.0% of total such cases. The cases of offences registered against public tranquillity have increased by 14.0% in 2020 over 2019 (3,893 cases). [Table – 1B.4] F) Crime against Women i. A total of 35,331 cases of crime against women were registered during 2020, showing a decrease of 21.1% over 2019 (44,783 cases). [Table – 3B.1] ii. Majority of cases under crime against women were registered under ‘Cruelty by Husband or his Relatives’ (30.2%) followed by ‘Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’ (19.7%), ‘Kidnaping & Abduction of Women’ (19.0%) and ‘Rape’ (7.2%). [Table – 3B.2] G) Crime against Children i. A total of 15,043 cases of crime against children were registered during 2020, showing a decrease in registration by 28.8% over 2019 (21,133 cases). [Table – 4B.1] ii. In percentage terms, crime heads reporting majority of cases under ‘Crime Against Children’ were kidnapping & abduction (55.3%) followed by Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (32.4%). [Table – 4B.2] H) Juveniles in Conflict with Law i. A total of 5,974 cases have been registered against Juveniles during 2020, showing a decrease of 13.2% over 2019 (6,885 cases). [Table – 5B.1] xix ii. A total of 7,475 juveniles were apprehended in 5,974 cases, out of which 6,774 juveniles were apprehended under IPC cases and 701 juveniles were apprehended under SLL cases during 2020. [Table – 5B.4] iii. Majority (75.5%) of juveniles in conflict with law apprehended under IPC & SLL crimes were in the age group of 16 to 18 years (5,644 out of 7,475) during 2020. [Table –5B.4] I) Crime against Senior Citizens A total of 4,029 cases of crime against senior citizens (aged above 60 years) were registered in 19 metropolitan cities during 2020 as compared to 4,867 cases during 2019, showing a decrease in the registration by 17.2% during 2020 over 2019. Crime head-wise cases revealed that FCF (Forgery, Cheating & Fraud) with 26.4% (1,063 cases) registered the highest number of cases of crimes against Senior Citizens followed by Theft (23.4%, 943 cases) during 2020. [Table – 6B.1] J) Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs) A total of 1,485 cases were registered for committing crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs), showing a decrease in registration by 10.9% over 2019 (1,667 cases). Crime head-wise cases revealed that Criminal Intimidation with 16.8% (249 cases) formed the highest number of cases registered under crimes/atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs) during 2020, it was followed by cases under Rape with 13.9% (206 cases) and cases under Simple Hurt with 10.7% (159 cases). [Table – 7B.2] K) Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Tribes (STs) A total of 221 cases were registered under crime against Scheduled Tribes (STs), showing a decrease in registration by 14.3% over 2019 (258 cases). Crime head-wise cases revealed that rape (37 cases) formed the highest number of cases registered under crimes/atrocities against Scheduled Tribes (STs) accounting for 16.7% during 2020, it was followed by simple hurt with 9.0% (20 cases) and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act with 8.1% (18 cases). [Table – 7D.2] L) Economic Offences A total of 26,970 cases registered under economic offences, showing a decrease in registration by 20.6% over 2019 (33,979 cases). In 19 metropolitan cities, out of three specified category of economic offences viz. criminal breach of trust, counterfeiting and FCF (forgery, cheating & fraud), maximum cases were registered under FCF (24,527 cases) accounting for 90.9% during 2020. [Table – 8B.2] xx M) Cyber Crimes A total of 18,657 cases have been registered under Cyber Crimes, showing an increase of 0.8% over 2019 (18,500 cases). Cyber crime rate also increased from 16.2 in 2019 to 16.4 in 2020. Crime head-wise cases revealed that Computer Related Offences (section 66 of IT Act) (11,356 cases) formed the highest number of Cyber Crimes accounting for 60.9% during 2020. [Table – 9B.2] N) Offences against Property As compared to 3,33,439 cases registered under offences against property in 2019, a total of 2,40,409 cases were registered, showing a decrease of 27.9% during 2020. Maximum cases were reported under theft (2,20,772 cases) accounting for 91.8% of total such cases. Maximum theft cases were reported in Delhi (1,75,442 cases) followed by Jaipur (6,490 cases), Mumbai (6,234 cases) and Bengaluru (5,332 cases) accounting for 79.5%, 2.9%, 2.8% and 2.4% of total theft cases registered respectively. [Table – 1B.4] O) Offences Relating to Documents & Property Marks As compared to 30,779 cases in 2019, 24,630 cases were registered under offences relating to documents & property marks during 2020 comprising of criminal breach of trust, counterfeiting and FCF (forgery, cheating & fraud). FCF (24,527 cases) accounted for 99.6 % of total such cases. [Table – 1B.4] P) Disposal of IPC Cases by Police & Court S. Crime Head Total Cases Cases Charge- Total Total Conviction No. under IPC for Charge- sheeting Cases Cases Rate Investigation sheeted Rate for Trial Convicted 1. Murder 3,058 1,664 90.1 20,811 204 50.0 2. Rape 3,853 2,224 87.8 19,646 162 33.3 3. Rioting 4,216 1,742 92.4 28,374 169 30.3 4. Kidnapping & 25,835 1,924 17.7 25,174 92 27.8 Abduction Q) Disposal of SLL Cases by Police & Court S. Crime Head Total Cases Cases Charge- Total Total Conviction No. under SLL for Charge- sheeting Cases for Cases Rate Investigation sheeted Rate Trial Convicted 1. The Excise Act 15,296 10,861 98.7 50,764 2,522 84.2 2. Motor Vehicle 3,526 2,994 89.6 81,460 4,482 98.7 Act 3. Narcotics Drugs 22,700 10,670 99.8 63,559 5,014 94.4 & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 xxi R) Arrests, Convictions & Acquittals A total of 9,71,206 persons were arrested in 19 Metropolitan cities during 2020 as follows: i. A total of 6,87,289 persons were arrested under 6,68,061 IPC crimes. A total of 4,36,786 persons were charge-sheeted, 57,725 persons were convicted, 30,172 persons were acquitted and 3,580 persons were discharged. [Table – 19B.6] ii. A total 2,83,917 persons were arrested under 2,55,955 SLL crimes. A total of 2,22,431 persons were charge-sheeted, 59,222 persons were convicted, 7,224 persons were acquitted and 508 persons were discharged. [Table – 19B.8] Amongst these 19 Metropolitan Cities, cities reporting highest Charge-sheeting Rate under IPC Crimes are Surat (96.7%), Coimbatore (96.6%) and Ahmedabad (96.3%).  xxii Chapter 1 Summary (All-India) TABLE 1.1 Total Complaints Received and Cases Registered under IPC and SLL ‐ 2020 No of Online Number of No of FIR S. No Type of Complaint eFIR Complaints Registered Registered 1 2 3 4 5 1 Oral Complaints 9904696 679425 1.1 Narrated to O/C / SHO 883289 583690 1.2 Distress call over phone/Dial 100 etc 9021407 95735 2 Written Complaints 9337418 5677958 243902 2.1 To O/C / SHO 4767199 3268838 2.2 To SP/Senior Officers 1075062 113329 2.3 Court Complaints 86441 82971 2.4 NHRC & SHRC 21018 970 2.5 Commissions for SCs 6352 269 2.6 Commissions for STs 1347 68 2.7 National/State Commission for Women 29500 872 2.8 Children Welfare Boards/Commission 1994 446 2.9 Complaints Initiated Suo‐moto by police 2210728 2050798 2.10 Any Others Written Complaints 532108 144140 2.11 Electronic/Online Form 605669 15257 243902 Total Complaints/FIRs 19242114 6357383 243902 Total FIRs Registered 6601285 Crimes under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special & Local Laws (SLL) ‐ 2018‐2020 Percentage Mid‐Year of IPC S. Projected Crime Incidence + Crime Rate ++ Crimes to Year No. Population Total (in Lakhs) Cognizable IPC SLL Total IPC SLL Total Crimes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2018 13233.8 3132955 1941680 5074635 236.7 146.7 383.5 61.7 2 2019 13376.1 3225597 1930561 5156158 241.1 144.3 385.5 62.6 3 2020 13533.9 4254356 2346929 6601285 314.3 173.4 487.8 64.4 ‘+’ Incidence : Number of FIRs Registered TABLE 1.1 Page 1 of 1 ‘++' Crime Rate is calculated as Crime Incidence per one lakh of population ● Population Source: Report of Technical group on Population Projections(July, 2020) National Commission on Population, MoHFW ● As per data provided by States/UTs 1 TABLE 1.2 IPC Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 2018 2019 2020 Percenta ge Share Crime Crime Crime Cases Cases Cases in Total Rate Rate Rate IPC SL Crime Head Crimes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 1 Murder 29017 2.2 28915 2.2 29193 2.2 0.7 2 Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder 3635 0.3 3420 0.3 3512 0.3 0.1 3 Causing Death by Negligence 144031 10.9 145167 10.9 126779 9.4 3.0 3.1 Deaths due to Negligence relating to Road Accidents 135051 10.2 136852 10.2 120176 8.9 2.8 3.1.1 Hit and Run 47028 3.6 47504 3.6 41196 3.0 1.0 3.1.2 Other Accidents 88023 6.7 89348 6.7 78980 5.8 1.9 3.2 Deaths due to Negligence relating to Rail Accidents 35 0.0 55 0.0 52 0.0 0.0 3.3 Deaths due to Medical Negligence 218 0.0 201 0.0 133 0.0 0.0 3.4 Deaths due to Negligence of Civic Bodies 40 0.0 147 0.0 51 0.0 0.0 3.5 Deaths due to other Negligence 8687 0.7 7912 0.6 6367 0.5 0.1 4 Dowry Deaths 7167 1.1 7141 1.1 6966 1.1 0.2 5 Abetment of Suicide 8324 0.6 8312 0.6 8816 0.7 0.2 6 Attempt to Commit Murder 51489 3.9 51168 3.8 57831 4.3 1.4 7 Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide 7987 0.6 7984 0.6 9196 0.7 0.2 8 Attempt to Commit Suicide 2075 0.2 1638 0.1 1685 0.1 0.0 9 Miscarriage, Infanticide, Foeticide and Abandonment 1728 0.1 1972 0.1 1634 0.1 0.0 10 Hurt 530076 40.1 545757 40.8 578641 42.8 13.6 10.1 Simple Hurt 446001 33.7 456394 34.1 488014 36.1 11.5 10.1.1 Voluntarily Causing Simple Hurt 243845 18.4 261959 19.6 282268 20.9 6.6 Voluntarily causing hurt by Dangerous weapons or 10.1.2 157899 11.9 162567 12.2 172080 12.7 4.0 means Voluntarily Causing hurt/Force to deter public servant 10.1.3 18608 1.4 16665 1.2 15418 1.1 0.4 from his duty 10.1.4 Causing Hurt by act endangering life/safety of others 14727 1.1 9492 0.7 11007 0.8 0.3 10.1.5 Other Simple Hurt 10922 0.8 5711 0.4 7241 0.5 0.2 10.2 Grievous Hurt 84075 6.4 89363 6.7 90627 6.7 2.1 10.2.1 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt 56179 4.2 62695 4.7 65976 4.9 1.6 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous 10.2.2 21087 1.6 19583 1.5 19307 1.4 0.5 weapons or means 10.2.3 Acid Attack 228 0.0 249 0.0 182 0.0 0.0 10.2.4 Attempt to Acid Attack 59 0.0 67 0.0 60 0.0 0.0 Voluntarily Causing Grievous hurt/Force to deter public 10.2.5 1849 0.1 1738 0.1 1566 0.1 0.0 servant from his duty Causing Grevious Hurt by act endangering life/safety of 10.2.6 3531 0.3 3971 0.3 2514 0.2 0.1 others 10.2.7 Other Grevious Hurt 1142 0.1 1060 0.1 1022 0.1 0.0 11 Wrongful Restraint/Confinement 19303 1.5 18732 1.4 19061 1.4 0.4 12 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty 89097 13.8 88259 13.6 85392 13.0 2.0 12.1 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty 47355 7.4 48705 7.5 48037 7.3 1.1 12.2 Sexual Harassment 20962 3.3 18217 2.8 17003 2.6 0.4 12.2.1 at Work or Office Premises 401 0.1 504 0.1 485 0.1 0.0 ● As per data provided by States/UTs TABLE 1.2 Page 1 of 4 2 TABLE 1.2 IPC Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 (Continued) 2018 2019 2020 Percenta ge Share Crime Crime Crime Cases Cases Cases in Total Rate Rate Rate IPC SL Crime Head Crimes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 12.2.2 In Public Transport System 730 0.1 607 0.1 375 0.1 0.0 12.2.3 In Shelter Homes for women and Children 707 0.1 473 0.1 407 0.1 0.0 12.2.4 Other Places 19124 3.0 16633 2.6 15736 2.4 0.4 Assault or use of Criminal Force on women with intent 12.3 9949 1.5 11191 1.7 10580 1.6 0.2 to Disrobe 12.4 Voyeurism 1393 0.2 1336 0.2 1260 0.2 0.0 12.5 Stalking 9438 1.5 8810 1.4 8512 1.3 0.2 13 Kidnapping and Abduction 105734 8.0 105036 7.9 84805 6.3 2.0 13.1 Kidnapping and Abduction 54848 4.1 56457 4.2 45027 3.3 1.1 13.1.1 Missing Children Deemed as Kidnapped 23826 5.3 28757 6.5 21248 4.8 0.5 13.1.2 Other Kidnapping & Abduction 31022 2.3 27700 2.1 23779 1.8 0.6 13.2 Kidnapping and Abduction for the Purpose of Begging 71 0.0 42 0.0 44 0.0 0.0 13.3 Kidnapping and Abduction in order to Murder 1301 0.1 649 0.0 472 0.0 0.0 13.4 Kidnapping for Ransom 593 0.0 587 0.0 485 0.0 0.0 Kidnapping and Abduction of Women to compel her 13.5 33354 5.2 32066 4.9 24745 3.8 0.6 for marriage 13.6 Procuration of Minor Girls 3039 0.7 3076 0.7 2471 0.6 0.1 13.7 Importation of Girls from Foreign Country 4 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 13.8 Other Kidnapping & Abducion 12524 0.9 12157 0.9 11560 0.9 0.3 14 Human Trafficking 1313 0.1 1333 0.1 947 0.1 0.0 15 Exploitation of Trafficked Person 190 0.0 183 0.0 130 0.0 0.0 16 Selling of Minors for Prostitution 42 0.0 21 0.0 14 0.0 0.0 17 Buying of Minors for Prostitution 8 0.0 8 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 18 Rape 33356 5.2 32032 4.9 28046 4.3 0.7 19 Attempt to Commit Rape 4097 0.6 3941 0.6 3741 0.6 0.1 20 Unnatural Offences 1378 0.1 997 0.1 826 0.1 0.0 Offences Affecting the Human Body (Total) 1040047 78.6 1052016 78.6 1047216 77.4 24.6 21 Offences against State 149 0.0 163 0.0 172 0.0 0.0 21.1 Sedition 70 0.0 93 0.0 73 0.0 0.0 21.2 Others 79 0.0 70 0.0 99 0.0 0.0 Offences against the State (Total) 149 0.0 163 0.0 172 0.0 0.0 22 Unlawful Assembly 10133 0.8 9014 0.7 12220 0.9 0.3 23 Riots 57828 4.4 45985 3.4 51606 3.8 1.2 23.1 Communal/Religious 512 0.0 438 0.0 857 0.1 0.0 23.2 Sectarian 209 0.0 118 0.0 167 0.0 0.0 23.3 Industrial 440 0.0 273 0.0 192 0.0 0.0 23.4 Political 1495 0.1 1209 0.1 1032 0.1 0.0 23.5 Caste Conflict 656 0.0 492 0.0 736 0.1 0.0 ● As per data provided by States/UTs TABLE 1.2 Page 2 of 4 3 TABLE 1.2 IPC Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 (Continued) 2018 2019 2020 Percenta ge Share Crime Crime Crime Cases Cases Cases in Total Rate Rate Rate IPC SL Crime Head Crimes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 23.6 Agrarian 2008 0.2 1579 0.1 2188 0.2 0.1 23.7 Students 507 0.0 393 0.0 233 0.0 0.0 23.8 Money Dispute 1439 0.1 952 0.1 1032 0.1 0.0 23.9 Water Dispute 838 0.1 796 0.1 807 0.1 0.0 23.10 Land/Property Dispute 12490 0.9 8892 0.7 10652 0.8 0.3 23.11 Family Disputes 4589 0.3 3491 0.3 5063 0.4 0.1 23.12 Enmity/Rivalry 4939 0.4 4461 0.3 4338 0.3 0.1 23.13 Electricity/Power Supply Disputes 76 0.0 32 0.0 22 0.0 0.0 23.14 Rioting while in Aandolan/Morcha 1908 0.1 1442 0.1 1905 0.1 0.0 23.15 Rioting/Attacks on Police Personnel or Govt Servants 1440 0.1 1054 0.1 616 0.0 0.0 23.16 Other Riots 24282 1.8 20363 1.5 21766 1.6 0.5 24 Offences promoting enmity between different groups 1114 0.1 1116 0.1 1886 0.1 0.0 24.1 Promoting enmity between groups 1076 0.1 1058 0.1 1804 0.1 0.0 Imputation, assertions prejudicial to national 24.2 38 0.0 58 0.0 82 0.0 0.0 integration 25 Affray 7776 0.6 7147 0.5 5395 0.4 0.1 Offences against Public Tranquillity (Total) 76851 5.8 63262 4.7 71107 5.3 1.7 26 Theft 625441 47.3 674414 50.4 493172 36.4 11.6 26.1 Auto/Motor Vehicle Theft 233727 17.7 237713 17.8 194797 14.4 4.6 26.2 Other Thefts 391714 29.6 436701 32.6 298375 22.0 7.0 27 Burglary 99940 7.6 100819 7.5 86223 6.4 2.0 27.1 Day Time 15247 1.2 14819 1.1 10499 0.8 0.2 27.2 Night 84693 6.4 86000 6.4 75724 5.6 1.8 28 Extortion & Blackmailing 10736 0.8 11028 0.8 9722 0.7 0.2 29 Robbery 30822 2.3 31052 2.3 24107 1.8 0.6 30 Attempt to Commit Dacoity/Robbery 639 0.0 594 0.0 508 0.0 0.0 31 Dacoity 3492 0.3 3157 0.2 2573 0.2 0.1 31.1 Dacoity 3454 0.3 3113 0.2 2558 0.2 0.1 31.2 Dacoity with Murder 38 0.0 44 0.0 15 0.0 0.0 Making Preparation and Assembly for committing 32 3452 0.3 3541 0.3 3098 0.2 0.1 Dacoity 33 Criminal Misappropriation 244 0.0 482 0.0 339 0.0 0.0 34 Criminal Breach of Trust 20456 1.5 20986 1.6 17358 1.3 0.4 35 Dishonestly Receiving/Dealing‐in Stolen Property 7150 0.5 7382 0.6 6483 0.5 0.2 Offences against Property (Total) 802372 60.6 853455 63.8 643583 47.6 15.1 36 Counterfeiting 1266 0.1 1066 0.1 672 0.0 0.0 36.1 Counterfeit Coin 8 0.0 22 0.0 12 0.0 0.0 36.2 Counterfeiting Government Stamp 7 0.0 7 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 ● As per data provided by States/UTs TABLE 1.2 Page 3 of 4 4 TABLE 1.2 IPC Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 (Concluded) 2018 2019 2020 Percenta ge Share Crime Crime Crime Cases Cases Cases in Total Rate Rate Rate IPC SL Crime Head Crimes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 36.3 Counterfeiting of Seal or Mark 18 0.0 3 0.0 22 0.0 0.0 36.4 Counterfeit Currency & Bank notes 1233 0.1 1034 0.1 637 0.0 0.0 37 Forgery, Cheating & Fraud 134546 10.2 143641 10.7 127724 9.4 3.0 37.1 Fraud 21305 1.6 23353 1.7 24953 1.8 0.6 37.1.1 Bank 2152 0.2 2263 0.2 3864 0.3 0.1 37.1.2 ATMs 3028 0.2 3725 0.3 2957 0.2 0.1 37.1.3 Credit Card/Debit Card 1674 0.1 1809 0.1 2870 0.2 0.1 37.1.4 Other Frauds 14451 1.1 15556 1.2 15262 1.1 0.4 37.2 Other Cheating 96652 7.3 104214 7.8 90241 6.7 2.1 37.3 Other Forgery 16589 1.3 16074 1.2 12530 0.9 0.3 Offences Relating to Documents & Property Marks 135812 10.3 144707 10.8 128396 9.5 3.0 (Total) 38 Offences relating to Elections 1882 0.1 5538 0.4 658 0.0 0.0 Disobedience to order duly promulgated by Public 39 22907 1.7 29469 2.2 612179 45.2 14.4 Servant 40 Harbouring an Offender 71 0.0 81 0.0 164 0.0 0.0 41 Offences relating to Adulteration or Sale of Food/Drugs 2176 0.2 2970 0.2 5165 0.4 0.1 42 Rash Driving on Public way 443805 33.5 416918 31.2 312777 23.1 7.4 42.1 Rash Driving on Public Way 168139 12.7 144194 10.8 96610 7.1 2.3 42.2 Causing Hurt by Rash/Negligent Driving on Public Way 166954 12.6 160552 12.0 130247 9.6 3.1 Causing Grievous Hurt by Rash/Negligent Driving on 42.3 108712 8.2 112172 8.4 85920 6.3 2.0 Public 43 Obstruction on Public way 99390 7.5 93184 7.0 54952 4.1 1.3 44 Sale of obscene Books/Objects 490 0.0 108 0.0 102 0.0 0.0 45 Obscene Acts and Songs at Public Places 24882 1.9 24708 1.8 26485 2.0 0.6 46 Offences relating to Religion 1942 0.1 1455 0.1 1749 0.1 0.0 47 Cheating by Impersonation 528 0.0 766 0.1 585 0.0 0.0 48 Offences related to Mischief 2818 0.2 2565 0.2 2796 0.2 0.1 49 Arson 9252 0.7 8439 0.6 7615 0.6 0.2 50 Criminal Trespass 40101 3.0 39703 3.0 40818 3.0 1.0 51 Cruelty by Husband or his Relatives 103272 16.1 124934 19.2 111549 17.0 2.6 52 Circulate False/Fake News/Rumours 280 0.0 486 0.0 1527 0.1 0.0 53 Criminal Intimidation 94507 7.1 101465 7.6 115297 8.5 2.7 54 Insult to the Modesty of Women 6992 1.1 6937 1.1 7065 1.1 0.2 Miscellaneous IPC Crimes(Total) 855295 64.6 859726 64.3 1301483 96.2 30.6 55 Other IPC crimes 222429 16.8 252268 18.9 1062399 78.5 25.0 Total Cognizable IPC crimes 3132955 236.7 3225597 241.1 4254356 314.3 100.0 ● As per data provided by States/UTs TABLE 1.2 Page 4 of 4 5 TABLE 1.3 SLL Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 2018 2019 2020 Percenta ge Share SL Crime Head Crime Crime Crime Cases Cases Cases in Total Rate Rate Rate SLL Crimes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 1 The Dowry Prohibition Act 12826 2.0 13307 2.0 10366 1.6 0.4 2 The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1882 0.3 1639 0.3 1294 0.2 0.1 The Protection of Women from Domestic 3 579 0.1 553 0.1 446 0.1 0.0 Violence Act The Indecent Representation of Women 4 22 0.0 24 0.0 12 0.0 0.0 (Prohibition) Act Crime Against Women – Related Acts 15309 2.4 15523 2.4 12118 1.8 0.5 The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences 5 39827 8.9 47324 10.6 47221 10.7 2.0 Act The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of 6 2030 0.5 1975 0.4 1713 0.4 0.1 Children) Act 7 The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 501 0.1 523 0.1 785 0.2 0.0 The Pre‐Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Reg and 8 54 0.0 52 0.0 51 0.0 0.0 Prev of Misuse) Act 9 The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act 464 0.1 772 0.2 476 0.1 0.0 10 The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 58 0.0 30 0.0 30 0.0 0.0 Children Related – Acts 42934 9.6 50676 11.4 50276 11.4 2.1 The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against 11 4212 2.1 4144 2.1 4242 2.1 0.2 SCs The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against 12 347 0.3 432 0.4 410 0.4 0.0 STs 13 The Protection of Civil Rights Act against SCs 254 0.1 13 0.0 26 0.0 0.0 14 The Protection of Civil Rights Act against STs 3 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes – 4816 1.6 4592 1.5 4680 1.5 0.2 Related Acts 15 The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 7127 0.5 6170 0.5 4524 0.3 0.2 16 The Unlawful Activities (P) Act 1182 0.1 1226 0.1 796 0.1 0.0 17 The Official Secrets Act 40 0.0 39 0.0 39 0.0 0.0 Offences against State ‐ Related Acts 8349 0.6 7435 0.6 5359 0.4 0.2 18 The Arms Act 66305 5.0 73713 5.5 68463 5.1 2.9 18.1 Fire Arms 39192 3.0 45424 3.4 44789 3.3 1.9 18.1.1 Legal/Licensed Arms 337 0.0 310 0.0 395 0.0 0.0 18.1.2 Illegal/Unlicensed Arms 38855 2.9 45114 3.4 44394 3.3 1.9 18.2 Other Arms 27113 2.0 28289 2.1 23674 1.7 1.0 19 The Explosives Act 2062 0.2 2148 0.2 1994 0.1 0.1 20 The Explosive Substances Act 2189 0.2 1995 0.1 2239 0.2 0.1 Arms/Explosive ‐ Related Acts 70556 5.3 77856 5.8 72696 5.4 3.1 21 The Information Technology Act 18495 1.4 30846 2.3 29643 2.2 1.3 ● As per data provided by States/UTs TABLE 1.3 Page 1 of 3 6 TABLE 1.3 SLL Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 (Continued) 2018 2019 2020 Percenta ge Share SL Crime Head Crime Crime Crime Cases Cases Cases in Total Rate Rate Rate SLL Crimes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 22 The Copy Right Act 2280 0.2 1965 0.1 1255 0.1 0.1 23 The Trade Marks Act 155 0.0 183 0.0 131 0.0 0.0 Information Technology/Intellectual Property – 20930 1.6 32994 2.5 31029 2.3 1.3 Related Acts 24 The Lotteries (Regulation) Act 5037 0.4 5917 0.4 5773 0.4 0.2 25 The Chit Funds Acts 87 0.0 92 0.0 43 0.0 0.0 26 The Negotiable Instruments Act 77 0.0 40 0.0 25 0.0 0.0 27 The Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Act 3 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 The Mines and Minerals (Development and 28 25340 1.9 20402 1.5 20218 1.5 0.9 Regulation) Act 29 Prevention of Corruption Act 1330 0.1 1269 0.1 982 0.1 0.0 Finance & Economic Acts 31874 2.4 27720 2.1 27042 2.0 1.2 30 Prohibition Act (State) 532569 40.2 558620 41.8 562215 41.5 24.0 31 The Excise Act 267990 20.3 290923 21.7 309247 22.8 13.2 The Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances 32 63137 4.8 72721 5.4 59806 4.4 2.5 Act Possession of drugs for Personal 32.1 38715 2.9 45616 3.4 33246 2.5 1.4 use/Consumption 32.2 Possession of drugs for Trafficking 24422 1.8 27105 2.0 26560 2.0 1.1 Liquor & Narcotic Drugs – Related Acts 863696 65.3 922264 68.9 931268 68.8 39.7 33 The Forest Act & The Forest Conservation Act 2768 0.2 2118 0.2 2287 0.2 0.1 34 The Wildlife Protection Act 782 0.1 613 0.0 672 0.0 0.0 35 The Environmental (Protection) Act 86 0.0 487 0.0 992 0.1 0.0 The Air & The Water (Prevention & Control of 36 17 0.0 160 0.0 589 0.0 0.0 Pollution) Act 37 The Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act 23517 1.8 22671 1.7 49710 3.7 2.1 38 Noise Pollution Acts 7947 0.6 8537 0.6 7318 0.5 0.3 39 The National Green Tribunal Act 79 0.0 90 0.0 199 0.0 0.0 Environment & Pollution– Related Acts 35196 2.7 34676 2.6 61767 4.6 2.6 The Registration of Foreigners Act & The 40 1191 0.1 1703 0.1 1098 0.1 0.0 Foreigners Act 41 The Passport Act 526 0.0 749 0.1 380 0.0 0.0 42 The Emigration Act 254 0.0 166 0.0 146 0.0 0.0 43 The Citizenship Act 7 0.0 16 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 Foreigner & Passport – Related Acts 1978 0.1 2634 0.2 1625 0.1 0.1 44 The Indian Railways Act 162 0.0 141 0.0 88 0.0 0.0 ● As per data provided by States/UTs TABLE 1.3 Page 2 of 3 7 TABLE 1.3 SLL Crimes (Crime Head‐wise) ‐ 2018‐2020 (Concluded) 2018 2019 2020 Percenta ge Share SL Crime Head Crime Crime Crime Cases Cases Cases in Total Rate Rate Rate SLL Crimes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 45 The Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 Railways – Related Acts 163 0.0 143 0.0 90 0.0 0.0 46 The Indian Telegraph Act 39 0.0 35 0.0 30 0.0 0.0 47 The Telegraph Wire (Unlawful Possession) Act 0 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 48 The Cinematograph Act 5 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 49 The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 2 0.0 7 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 Telegraph/Cinematograph Acts 46 0.0 47 0.0 34 0.0 0.0 50 The Essential Commodities Act 3961 0.3 3381 0.3 6244 0.5 0.3 51 The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 28 0.0 49 0.0 65 0.0 0.0 52 The Food Safety & Standards Act 175 0.0 362 0.0 625 0.0 0.0 Food, Drugs and Essential Commodities Acts 4164 0.3 3792 0.3 6934 0.5 0.3 53 MACOCA/Control of Organised Crimes 72 0.0 52 0.0 82 0.0 0.0 54 The Gambling Act 156110 11.8 156302 11.7 155367 11.5 6.6 55 The Electricity Act 183873 13.9 128970 9.6 111801 8.3 4.8 56 The Antiques and Art Treasures Act 24 0.0 40 0.0 21 0.0 0.0 57 The Representation of the People Act 737 0.1 686 0.1 74 0.0 0.0 58 The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 778 0.1 1155 0.1 1231 0.1 0.1 58.1 Against SC 689 0.1 775 0.1 1117 0.1 0.0 58.2 Against ST 17 0.0 332 0.0 34 0.0 0.0 58.3 Against others 72 0.0 48 0.0 80 0.0 0.0 59 The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 80 0.0 54 0.0 46 0.0 0.0 60 Defacement of Public Property Acts 5968 0.5 4945 0.4 2000 0.1 0.1 61 The Transplantation of Human Organs Act 3 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 62 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 63 The Mental Health Act 504 0.0 487 0.0 292 0.0 0.0 64 Motor Vehicle Act 232949 17.6 203540 15.2 55707 4.1 2.4 65 City/Town Police Acts 101611 7.7 84610 6.3 62877 4.6 2.7 66 Other State Local Acts 103265 7.8 89553 6.7 414589 30.6 17.7 Other Regulatory & Enforcement – Acts 785974 59.4 670395 50.1 804089 59.4 34.3 67 Other SLL Crimes 55695 4.2 79814 6.0 337922 25.0 14.4 Total Cognizable SLL Crimes 1941680 146.7 1930561 144.3 2346929 173.4 100.0 ● As per data provided by States/UTs TABLE 1.3 Page 3 of 3 8