Overview

• Cybercrime cases rose to 86,420 in 2023, up about 31% year on year, with roughly 69% linked to financial fraud and heavy concentrations in major metros.
• Crimes against women totaled 448,211 cases in 2023, or about 1,228 a day, led by domestic cruelty, kidnapping and abduction, and assaults on modesty.
• Delhi recorded the highest per‑capita crime rate under IPC sections at 1,508 cases per 100,000 people, far above the national average cited in the report.
• Uttar Pradesh reported zero communal or religious riots in 2023 and a crime rate below the national average, with very low kidnapping‑for‑ransom and dacoity counts.
• Maharashtra led in Prevention of Corruption Act cases (763) and copyright offences (335), while metro snapshots diverged, with Mumbai’s overall crime down 35% but cyber backlogs rising and Pune logging sharp increases in cyber, women‑related and child offences.