National Crime Records Bureau

National Crime Records Bureau

News: NCRB has released its report on various crime statistics.

Suicide - 120 deaths per mn population (the highest level ever recorded) At the national level, the number of suicides increased by 7.17 per cent from the years 2020 to 2021. Daily wage earners remained the largest profession-wise group among suicide victims in 2021 The overall share of “Persons engaged in the farming sector” among the total recorded suicides stood at 6.6 per cent during 2021

Road Accidents
• Deaths in road accidents up by 17%
• In 2021, 1.55 lakh people died in accidents on Indian roads, up from 21.33 lakh in 2020
• Total road accidents reported was 4.03 lakh in 2021
• Maximum number of cases were reported in Tamil Nadu.
• Speeding caused 87,000 deaths, while dangerous and careless driving caused over 42000 deaths.

Data regarding Crimes against Women:
• The NCRB report also shows that the rate of crime against women (the number of incidents per 1 lakh population) increased from 56.5 per cent in 2020 to 64.5 per cent in 2021.
• The report places Uttar Pradesh on top in terms of the actual number of cases registered in 2021,
• Nagaland stood out with the lowest number of crimes against women registered in the past three years
• Only 507 cases were registered in the country under the Domestic Violence Act in 2021 — 0.1 per cent of the total cases of crime against women: Showing an under-reporting of cases.

Few facts about NCRB:
• NCRB was set-up in 1986 to function as a repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators
• It was based on the recommendations of the Tandon Committee, National Police Commission (1977-1981) and the MHA’s Task force (1985).
• Subsequently, NCRB was entrusted with the responsibility for monitoring, coordinating and implementing the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project in the year 2009.
• Reports released by NCRB include Crimes in India, Prison statistics in India and Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India.