Crime in India increased by 1.3 percent in 2018: NCRB

New Delhi: Crime in India has increased by 1.3 percent in 2018 compared to 2017 with the registration of over 50 lakh cognizable crimes, reveals 2018 edition of ‘Crime in India’ statistics released this week by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

As per the NCRB, which works under the Ministry of Home Affairs, a total of 50.74 lakh crimes, including 31.32 lakh under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 19.41 under the Special Local Laws (SLL) was registered in 2018.

The report says that there was an overall rise of 1.3 percent in the registration of cases in 2017, but the crime rate per lakh population was down to 383.5 in 2018 from 388.6 in 2017. A total of 1.05 lakh cases of kidnapping and abduction across the country was registered in 2018, showing an increase of 10.3 percent over 95,893 such cases in 2017, the latest NCRB report said. (IANS)

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