Delhi

XNEW DELHI: There has been a major reversal of violent crime patterns in India over the last decade, with National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) records indicating a sharp drop in murders, rapes, dowry deaths, and riots since 2014. This is in sharp contrast to the previous UPA years (2004–2014), during which these crimes had increased sharply.

Reported rape cases nearly doubled under the UPA, from 18,233 in 2004 to 36,735 in 2014. Since then, however, they have fallen to 29,670 in 2023 — a 19 per cent drop from 2014 levels. Dowry deaths followed a similar trajectory, rising 20 per cent to 8,455 in 2014, but declining steadily thereafter to 6,156 in 2023, down 27 per cent.

The number of riots also had a similar trend. During the UPA years, instances increased from 59,971 in 2004 to 6

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