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NCRB data shows an increase in crime against women in 2023

The much-delayed NCRB data for 2023 has highlighted that crimes against SC & ST, and children are also increasing.

New Delhi: India registered an increase of 0.7 per cent in crime against women in 2023 in comparison to 2022. The much-delayed National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2023 has revealed that 4,48,211 cases of crime against women were registered during 2023 in comparison to 4,45,256 cases registered in 2022.

Majority of crime against women were registered under ‘Cruelty by Husband or Relatives’ (1,33,676 cases, 29.8 percent) and ‘Kidnapping and Abduction of Women’ (88,605 cases, 19.8 percent), followed by ‘Assault on Women with intent to outrage her modesty’ (83,891 cases, 18.71 pe

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