Overview

• India logged 6.24 million crimes in 2023, with IPC cases up 5.7% and SLL cases up 9.5%, driven by thefts and traffic-law violations.
• Cybercrime jumped 31.2% to 86,420 cases, nearly 69% linked to fraud, with Karnataka reporting the most incidents.
• Nationally, murders fell about 2.8% and rapes about 5.9%, even as abductions rose and miscellaneous IPC categories expanded.
• Crimes against children rose 9.2%, and offences against Scheduled Tribes climbed 28.8% to 12,960 cases, led by a spike in Manipur (3,399).
• Delhi topped the 19 metros for IPC-registered crime and recorded the highest metro rape count (1,088), alongside the lowest chargesheet rate among metros.