Crime in India - 2016: Snapshots (States/Uts)
Crime in India - 2016: Snapshots (States/Uts)
Crime in India - 2016: Snapshots (States/Uts)
SNAPSHOTS (States/UTs)
A) Executive Summary
i. A total of 48,31,515 cognizable crimes comprising 29,75,711 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and
18,55,804 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes were reported in 2016, showing an increase of 2.6%
over 2015 (47,10,676 cases). [Table – 1.1]
ii. During 2016, IPC crimes have increased by 0.9% and SLL crimes have increased by 5.4% over
2015. [Table – 1.1]
iii. Percentage share of IPC was 61.6% while percentage share of SLL cases was 38.4% of total
cognizable crimes during 2016. [Table – 1.1]
iv. Uttar Pradesh accounted for 9.5% of total IPC crime reported in the country followed by Madhya
Pradesh (8.9%), Maharashtra (8.8%) and Kerala (8.7%). [Table – 1A.1]
v. Delhi UT reported the highest crime rate (974.9) under IPC crimes followed by Kerala (727.6)
against national average of 233.6. [Table – 1A.1]
vi. Kerala has reported highest number of cases of SLL crimes (24.1%) followed by Gujarat and Tamil
Nadu (15.5% each) of total SLL crimes reported in the country during 2016. [Table – 1A.2]
vii. Kerala reported highest SLL crime rate of 1,252.7 in the country during 2016 followed by Gujarat
(457.1) against national average of 145.7. [Table – 1A.2]
ii. Maximum number of cases under offences affecting the human body were reported in Uttar
Pradesh (11.2%) followed by Madhya Pradesh (9.2%) and Maharashtra (8.9%) during 2016.
[Table – 1A.4]
xvii
C) Violent Crimes
C.1 Murder
i. A total of 30,450 cases of murder were reported during 2016, showing a decline of 5.2% over
2015 (32,127 cases). Uttar Pradesh (4,889 cases) reported the highest number of cases of
murder accounting for 16.1% followed by Bihar with 8.5% (2,581 cases) and Maharashtra with
7.6% (2,299 cases) during 2016. [Table – 2A.1]
ii. Personal vendetta or enmity (5,179 cases) was the motive in highest number of murder cases
followed by property dispute (3,424 cases) and gain (2,270 cases). [Table – 2A.2]
i. A total of 88,008 cases of kidnapping & abduction were reported during 2016, showing an
increase of 6.0% over 2015 (82,999 cases). [Table – 2C.1]
ii. A total of 89,875 (23,350 male and 66,525 females) were kidnapped or abducted, out of which
maximum number of persons were kidnapped or abducted for the purpose of marriage (33,855)
during 2016. [Table – 2C.2 (ii)]
iii. Uttar Pradesh (15,898 cases) reported the highest number of cases of kidnapping & abduction
accounting for 18.1% followed by Maharashtra with 10.6% (9,333 cases) and Bihar with 8.3%
(7,324 cases) during 2016. [Table – 2C.1]
iv. During 2016, a total of 69,599 kidnapped or abducted persons (18,974 males and 50,625
females) were recovered of which 69,274 persons were recovered alive and 325 persons were
dead. [Table – 2C.4]
ii. Maximum number of cases under offence against public tranquillity were reported in Bihar
(18.4%) followed by Uttar Pradesh (12.0%) and Maharashtra (11.9%) during 2016. [Table – 1A.4]
xviii
E) Crime Against Women
i. Majority of cases under crimes against women were reported under ‘Cruelty by Husband or His
Relatives’ (32.6%) followed by ‘Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’ (25.0%),
‘Kidnaping & Abduction of Women’ (19.0%) and ‘Rape’ (11.5%). [Table – 3A.2(i)]
ii. Uttar Pradesh reported 14.5% (49,262 out of 3,38,954 cases) of total cases of crimes against
women followed by West Bengal (9.6%) (32,513 cases) during 2016. Delhi UT reported the
highest crime rate (160.4) compared to the national average rate of 55.2. [Table – 3A.2(i)]
xix
i. In percentage terms, major crime heads under ‘Crime Against Children’ during 2016 were
kidnapping & abduction (52.3%) and cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences Act, 2012 (34.4%) including child rape. [Table – 4A.3]
ii. Maximum number of cases under crime against children were reported in Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, (15.3%, 13.6% and 13.1% respectively). [Table – 4A.1]
i. Maximum number of cases under juveniles in conflict with law were reported in Madhya
Pradesh 20.6% (7,369 cases) followed by Maharashtra 18.4% (6,606 cases) and Delhi UT 7.0%
(2,499 cases) during 2016. [Table – 5A.1]
ii. A total of 44,171 juveniles were apprehended in 35,849 cases, out of which 41,826 juveniles
were apprehended under cases of IPC and 2,345 juveniles were apprehended under cases of SLL
during 2016. [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 (73.8%) (32,577 out of 44,171) during 2016. [Table – 5A.4]
xx
i. Uttar Pradesh (10,426 cases) reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against
Scheduled Castes (SCs) accounting for 25.6% followed by Bihar with 14.0% (5,701 cases) and
Rajasthan with 12.6% (5,134 cases) during 2016. [Table – 7A.1]
ii. Crime head-wise cases revealed that assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty with
7.7% (3172 cases) reported the highest number of cases of crimes/atrocities against Scheduled
Castes (SCs) followed by Rape with 6.2% (2541 cases) during 2016. [Table – 7A.3]
i. Madhya Pradesh (1,823 cases) reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against Scheduled
Tribes (STs) accounting for 27.8% followed by Rajasthan with 18.2% (1,195 cases) and Odisha with
10.4% (681 cases) during 2016. [Table – 7C.1]
ii. Crime head-wise cases revealed that rape (974 cases) reported the highest number of cases of
crimes/atrocities against Scheduled Tribes (STs) accounting for 14.8% followed by assault on women
with intent to outrage her modesty with 12.7% (835 cases) and kidnapping & abduction with 2.5%
(163 cases) during 2016. [Table – 7C.3]
xxi
i. State/UT wise comparison revealed that the maximum number of cases under crime against
senior citizens were reported in Maharashtra (4,694 cases) followed by Madhya Pradesh (3,877
cases) and Tamil Nadu (2,895 cases), these States/UT accounted for 21.9%, 18.1% and 13.5%, of
total such cases respectively. [Table – 6A.2]
J) Economic Offences
Crime Incidence Percentage Variation
Crime Head
2014 2015 2016 2014 - 2015 2015 – 2016
Economic Offences 1,42,560 1,50,170 1,43,524 5.3% - 4.4%
i. Maximum number of cases under economic offences were reported in Rajasthan (16.4%)
followed by Uttar Pradesh (11.0%) and Maharashtra (9.1%) during 2016. [Table – 8A.1]
ii. Out of four specified category of economic offences viz. criminal breach of trust, cheating,
forgery and counterfeiting, cheating accounted for maximum such cases, with 1,09,611 cases,
followed by criminal breach of trust (18,708 cases) and forgery (13,729 cases) during 2016.
[Table – 8A.2]
K) Cyber Crimes
Crime Incidence Percentage Variation
Crime Head
2014 2015 2016 2014 - 2015 2015 – 2016
Total Cyber Crimes 9,622 11,592 12,317 20.5% 6.3%
i. Maximum number of cases under cyber-crimes were reported in Uttar Pradesh (2,639 cases)
(21.4%) followed by Maharashtra (2,380 cases) (19.3%) and Karnataka (1,101 cases) (8.9%)
during 2016. [Table – 9A.1]
ii. During 2016, 48.6% of cyber-crime cases reported were for illegal gain (5,987 out of 12,317
cases) followed by revenge with 8.6% (1,056 cases) and insult to the modesty of women with
5.6% (686 cases). [Table – 9A.3]
ii. Delhi UT reported maximum number of cases (1,30,928 cases) followed by Maharashtra (59,097
cases) and Uttar Pradesh (56,550 cases) accounting for 26.5%, 11.9% and 11.4% of total theft
cases respectively. [Table – 1A.4]
xxii
iii. During 2016, Properties worth Rs. 9,733 Crore were stolen and Properties worth Rs. 1,459 Crore
were recovered accounting for 15.0% of recovery of stolen properties. [Table – 20A.1]
iv. During 2016, out of total theft (4,94,404 cases), 2,13,765 cases (43.2%) were under auto theft
cases of which Delhi UT (38,644 cases) has reported maximum auto theft cases followed by Uttar
Pradesh (34,480 cases) and Maharashtra (22,435 cases). [Table – 1A.4]
v. During 2016, 2,20,854 cases of property crimes took place at residential premises. However,
majority of robberies took place on highways/roads with 17,599 cases. [Table – 20A.3]
ii. Maximum cases under offences against documents & property marks were reported in
Rajasthan (29.9%) followed by Bihar (9.1%) and Uttar Pradesh (11.9%) during 2016. [Table –
1A.4]
N) 1) Missing Persons
i. A total of 5,49,008 persons (2,34,334 males and 3,14,674 females) were reported missing in
2016 of which maximum person missing were reported from Maharashtra (94,919 persons)
(49,338 females and 45,581 males) followed by West Bengal (85,855 persons) (53,654 females
and 32,201 males) and Madhya Pradesh (59,660 persons) (39,375 females and 20,285 males)
during 2016. [Table – 15.2]
ii. Out of total 5,49,008 missing persons during the year 2016, a total of 2,29,381 persons (1,39,858
females and 89,523 males) were traced and 3,19,627 persons (1,74,816 females and 1,44,811
males) were untraced at the end of the year (including previous year). [Table – 15.2]
2) Missing Children
iii. A total of 1,11,569 children (41,175 males and 70,394 females) were reported missing in which
maximum children missing were reported from West Bengal (16,881 children) (4,595 males and
12,286 females) followed by Delhi UT (14,661 children) (6,125 males and 8,536 females) and
Madhya Pradesh (12,068 children) (3,446 males and 8,622 females) during 2016. [Table – 15.1]
iv. Out of total 1,11,569 missing children during the year 2016, a total of 55,944 children (20,364
males and 35,580 females) were traced and 55,625 children (20,811 males and 34,814 females)
were untraced at the end of the year (including previous year). [Table – 15.3]
xxiii
O) Seizures under Arms Act
i. A total of 53,929 cases were registered under the Arms Act, 1959 in which 56,516 firearms were
seized out of which 36,064 arms were licensed/improvised/crude/country made and 1,052 arms
were licensed/factory made. A total of 1,06,900 number of ammunitions were seized during
2016. [Table – 20B.1]
ii. Uttar Pradesh (27,189 arms) has reported maximum number of seizure of arms under Arms Act,
1959 followed by Madhya Pradesh (8,019 arms) and Rajasthan (5,757 arms) during 2016. [Table
– 20B.1]
ii. Delhi UT (1,14,751 notes) worth Rs. 5,65,21,460 has reported maximum number of seizure of
Fake Indian Currency Notes followed by Gujarat (39,725 notes) worth Rs. 2,37,24,050 and West
Bengal (32,869 notes) worth Rs. 2,32,95,800 during 2016. [Table – 20B.4]
ii. Out of total 350862 Kg drugs seized, a total of 300206 Kg drugs were seized by State Police
followed by 37370 Kg by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), 9965 Kg by Narcotics control
Bureau (NCB), 3065 Kg by State Excise, 165 Kg by Central Bureau of Narcotics (C.B.N) and 91 Kg
by Customs and Central Excise (CCE) during 2016. [Table – 20C.4]
iii. As per Narcotics Control Bureau, a total of 25,147 cases were registered for drugs seizure in
which 31683 persons were arrested during 2016 in the country. [Table – 20C.4]
xxiv
i. Maximum number of cases for investigation was reported in Maharashtra (4,30,553 cases)
followed by Delhi UT with 3,40,452 cases and Uttar Pradesh with 3,31,188 cases during 2016.
[Table – 17A.2]
ii. Maximum number of cases for trial during the year was reported in Maharashtra (16,46,966
cases) followed by West Bengal with a total of 12,22,730 cases and Gujarat with a total of
9,61,815 cases during 2016. [Table – 18A.2]
S. Crime Head under SLL Total Cases for Chargesheeting Total Total Conviction
No Investigation Rate Cases for Cases Rate
Trial Convicted
1. Narcotic Drugs & 73,561 97.9 1,99,412 25,782 72.4
Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1985
2 Information 16,783 39.0 6,919 159 28.8
Technology Act, 2000
3 SC/ST (Prevention of 11,060 77.0 50,357 701 15.4
Atrocities) Act, 1989
i. Maximum number of cases for investigation was reported in Kerala (4,61,233 cases) followed by
Tamil Nadu with 3,23,007 cases for investigation and Gujarat with 3,19,680 cases during 2016.
[Table – 17A.4]
ii. Maximum number of cases for trial during the year was reported in Gujarat (17,29,455 cases)
followed by Uttar Pradesh with a total of 14,02,191 cases and Maharashtra with a total of
13,63,033 cases during 2016. [Table – 18A.4]
ii. Uttar Pradesh (5,66,208 persons) has reported maximum number of persons arrested under IPC
crimes followed by Maharashtra (3,27,965 persons) and Kerala (2,99,307 persons) during 2016.
[Table – 19A.6]
iii. A total of 23,92,637 persons were arrested under 18,55,804 SLL crimes. A total of 22,64,834
persons were chargesheeted, 12,66,206 persons were convicted & 3,03,202 persons were
acquitted or discharged. [Table – 19A.7]
xxv
INCIDENCE OF IPC CRIMES DURING 2016
(All India - 29,75,711)
xxvi
RATE OF IPC CRIMES DURING 2016
(All India - 233.6)
xxvii
IPC Crimes in States/UTs (2014-2016)
1000000
980858
900000
938110
897171
800000
796032
780248
700000
747678
600000
Cases Registered
500000
400000
300000
76555
72829
76248
15547
15205
200000
13224
100000
0
2014 2015 2016
Offences Affecting Human Body Offences against Property
Offences against Public Tranquility Offences-Documents & Property Marks
Theft
(16.6%)
Causing Death by
Negligence
(4.7%)
Criminal
Criminal Breach of Trespass/Burglary
Trust (3.8%)
(0.6%)
Cruelty by Husband or
Murder his Relatives
(1.0%) Cheating (3.7%)
Robbery Rape (3.7%)
(1.1%) (1.3%)
Grievous Hurt
Assault on Women with
Attempt to Commit Kidnapping & (3.0%)
intent to outrage her
Murder Rioting Modesty Abduction
(1.7%) (2.1%) (2.8%) (3.0%)
xxviii
Violent Crimes in States/UTs (2016)
Attempt to Culpable Attempt to Rape Dacoity
Homicide
C.H. not amounting to
(1.3%) (0.9%)
(1.8%) Murder
(0.7%) Foeticide &
Dowry Deaths
(1.8%) Infanticide
Arson (0.1%)
(2.6%)
Murder Grievous Hurt
(7.1%) (20.7%)
Robbery
(7.4%)
Rape Kidnapping &
(9.1%) Abduction
(20.5%)
Attempt to Murder
(11.6%) Riots
(14.4%)
Forgery
(8.6%)
Criminal Breach of
Trust
(11.7%)
Cheating
(68.4%)
xxix
Crimes against Women, Children, SCs, STs & Senior Citizens (IPC+SLL)
in States/UTs (2014-2016)
400000
2014
350000
2015
339457
338954
329243
300000
2016
250000
Cases Registered
200000
106958
150000
94172
89423
100000
40801
40401
38670
21410
20532
18714
50000
6827
6568
6276
0
Crime against Crime against Crime against Crime against Crime against
Women Children SCs STs Senior Citizens
70000
59098
50796
49256
60000
46923
50000
Cases Registered
40000
30000
13036
13472
13140
13322
12495
12556
10124
20000
6954
5963
5835
5156
4732
2672
1620
1784
10000
0
2014 2015 2016
Arms/Explosive Related Acts NDPS Act
I.T./ Intellectual Property Related Acts Crime against Women Related Acts
SCs and STs Related Acts Environment Related Acts
Crime against Children Related Acts
xxx