{
  "id": "soc-crime-082",
  "question": "What is India's crime rate?",
  "topic": "Society",
  "unit": "per lakh people",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Cognizable crimes registered by the police per lakh population: cases under the Indian Penal Code (from 1 July 2024 the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) plus Special and Local Laws, from the National Crime Records Bureau's Crime in India. It counts crimes registered, not crimes committed, so easier reporting can raise it. 2024 is the first year partly under the BNS, and NCRB attributes part of the 2024 fall to the new law's changes to the hurt sections, so 2024 is not fully comparable with earlier years. Every rate uses 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": "Crime in India 2024 Vol I, Table 1.1 (crime rate, total cognizable crimes, 2022-2024) and Table 1A.3 (states); 2021 from Crime in India 2023 Vol I, Table 1.1 (2021-2023), which matches the 2022 and 2023 rates; Snapshots p. xi",
    "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",
    "frequency": "Annual (calendar year); the first edition covered 1953",
    "measures": "Cognizable crimes registered (IPC/BNS plus Special and Local Laws) per one lakh of the mid-year projected 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.",
      "Rates use the Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), National Commission on Population; NCRB warns that a rise in registration is not the same as a rise in crime."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "start": "2021",
      "end": "2021",
      "value": 445.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "start": "2022",
      "end": "2022",
      "value": 422.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "start": "2023",
      "end": "2023",
      "value": 448.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "start": "2024",
      "end": "2024",
      "value": 418.9
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/soc-crime-082/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/soc-crime-082/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/soc-crime-082/versions.csv"
}