NCRB

In 2023, India recorded 207 cases of acid attacks with West Bengal alone accounting for 57 acid attack cases under Section 326A of IPC. The NCRB data showed that in 57 cases of acid attacks, there were 60 victims/survivors in West Bengal while in 207 cases nationwide, there were 220 victims.

A total of 177,335 instances of crime against children were reported in 2023, marking a 9.2% increase from 2022.

The sharp surge is driven largely by increases in thefts, kidnappings, cyber fraud, and offences under the Motor Vehicles Act.

In May, several reports claimed that Uttar Pradesh has highest crime rate with 7.4 per capita crime as per NCRB 2024 report. But, latest NCRB report is from 2022, and 7.4 per capita crime is statistically impossible

Recent reports indicate a troubling trend of husbands killing their wives and vice versa across the country, with several high-profile cases coming up in the media

States like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam have succeeded in reducing riots in the last five years. Incidentally, cases of rioting had increased in Chhattisgarh under the rule of the outgoing Congress Govt.

Badruddin Ajmal further lamented over the fact that Muslims form the majority in jails saying that while others are reaching the moon

The number of suicides in 2020 in the country increased by 10% compared to 2019, as it went up from 1,39,123 in that year to 1,53,052

As per the NCRB report (2017), there were 1,19,013 missing children in India and West Bengal accounted for 16.5% of the total cases.

In 2019 alone, 6,794 cases were registered for atrocities against Dalits, up from 4607 in 2018 and 4238 in 2017.