{
  "id": "soc-caw-083",
  "question": "What is the rate of crime against women in India?",
  "topic": "Society",
  "unit": "per lakh women",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Crimes against women registered by the police per lakh women, from the National Crime Records Bureau's Crime in India: offences under the IPC (from 1 July 2024 the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) and Special and Local Laws such as POCSO where the victim is a girl or woman. It counts cases registered, so better reporting can push it up. Each year is the rate published in that year's edition; all use the same population projections (July 2020).",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs), Crime in India 2024, Volume I",
    "url": "https://www.ncrb.gov.in/uploads/files/11CrimeinIndia2024-VolumeI.pdf",
    "table": "Table 3A.1 (Crime against Women (IPC+SLL), rate of total crime against women, col. 7) in Crime in India 2024 (2024), 2023 (2023) and 2022 (2022) Vol I; heads from Snapshots p. xii-xiii and Table 3A.2",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-05-07",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-20",
  "nextDueBy": null,
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs",
    "survey": "Crime in India 2024, Chapter 3 (Crime against Women)",
    "frequency": "Annual (calendar year)",
    "measures": "Cases of crime against women (IPC/BNS and SLL) registered per one lakh of the mid-year projected female population",
    "notes": [
      "NCRB counts cases (FIRs) registered by the police under the 'Principal Offence Rule': an FIR with several offences is counted once, under the offence with the heaviest punishment.",
      "The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) replaced the Indian Penal Code from 1 July 2024, so the 2024 edition shows IPC and BNS cases separately; 2024 is the first year partly under the new law.",
      "In 2024 the largest head was 'cruelty by husband or his relatives' (27.2% of cases)."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "start": "2022",
      "end": "2022",
      "value": 66.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "start": "2023",
      "end": "2023",
      "value": 66.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "start": "2024",
      "end": "2024",
      "value": 64.6
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/soc-caw-083/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/soc-caw-083/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/soc-caw-083/versions.csv"
}