664 crimes against women per million: NCRB data
crime against women were registered across India in 2022, almost 51 FIRs every hour, up from 4,28,278 in 2021 and 3,71,503 in 2020, according to the 2022 NCRB data.
The rate of crime against women per lakh population stood at 66.4 while the charge sheeting in such cases was logged at 75.8, showed data from the annual crime report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which functions under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
The majority of crimes against women under the Indian Penal Code were of cruelty by their husband or his relatives (31.4%), followed by kidnapping and abduction of women (19.2%), assault on women with the intent to outrage her modesty (18.7%), and rape (7.1%), the NCRB stated.
With 14,247 cases in 2022, Delhi registered the highest rate of crime against women in the country at 144.4 — way above the country's average rate of 66.4.
Such cases in Delhi stood at 14,277 in 2021 and 10,093 in 2020, the official data from NCRB showed.
In absolute numbers,, it showed. These five states together contributed to 2,23,635 (or 50.2%) of the total cases lodged in India last year, according to the NCRB, which is tasked with the collection and analysis of crime data.
In 2021 and 2020, Uttar Pradesh registered 56,083 and 49,385 cases in this category, followed by Rajasthan (40,738 and 34,535), Maharashtra (39,526 and 31,954), West Bengal (35,884 and 36,439) and Madhya Pradesh (30,673 and 25,640), it showed.
A total of 12 states and Union Territories recorded crime rates higher than the national average of 66.4. Delhi topped the list at 144.4 followed by Haryana (118.7), Telangana (117), Rajasthan (115.1), Odisha (103), Andhra Pradesh (96.2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (93.7), Kerala (82), Assam (81),
