West Bengal has bucked a national trend in cyber crime registrations over three years — recording a steady decline even as the rest of the country saw a rise.

According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, published in the first week of October this year, registered cyber crime cases in West Bengal fell from 513 in 2021 to 401 in 2022, and further down to 309 in 2023. This contrasts sharply with the national figures, which rose from 52,430 in 2021 to 64,907 in 2022 and then to 85,603 in 2023.

Despite its large population, West Bengal remains among the states with the lowest cyber crime rates. The 513 cases registered in 2021 accounted for less than 1% of the total cases in India that year (86,420). In comparison, Karnataka (21,889 cases in 2023) and Telangana (18,236)

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