Overview

• India registered 86,420 cybercrime cases in 2023, a 31.2% increase over 2022, according to the NCRB.
• Crimes against women totaled about 4.48 lakh in 2023, with cruelty by husband or relatives accounting for the largest share.
• Mumbai reported a 35% drop in conventional crimes versus 2022 even as cyber offences rose, leading the nation in pending cybercrime cases and improving its detection rate to 76%.
• Pune saw sharp rises—cybercrime up 36.4%, crimes against women up 23.0%, and crimes against children up 68.6%—with cyber cases showing a 48.3% chargesheeting rate and substantial pendency.
• Offences involving foreigners showed mixed patterns: Maharashtra ranked second for crimes against foreigners (19 cases) and third for crimes by foreigners (276), while Delhi halved crimes by foreigners to 130 as cases against foreigners rose to 63.