NCRB follows international practice to count crime
11 years, 6 months ago

NCRB follows international practice to count crime

The Hindu  

R. Rajasekaran, Deputy Director, National Crime Records Bureau responds: This refers to the report in The Hindu, “ >India officially undercounts all crimes including rape ”. The NCRB had no other means to adopt other than the principal offence rule primarily due to the manual system of data collection in India. Following the principal offence rule doesn’t mean that the NCRB is undercounting or underestimating crime figures as this is an internationally followed practice. Every year we supply crime data pertaining to our country to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems by clearly stating that our data units are “Cases” and we follow that “principal offence rule” in counting offences. Several lawyers, researchers and readers who use the NCRB data contacted us after the article appeared, so I am glad to know the NCRB will consider including the “principal offence” disclaimer in the future.

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NCRB annual crime report in final stage: MHA
1 month, 3 weeks ago

NCRB annual crime report in final stage: MHA

The Hindu  

The Union Home Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that “data validation” for the three statistical reports published by the National Crime Records Bureau for the year 2023 is in final stage. NCRB releases three annual statistical reports namely ‘Crime in India’, ‘Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India’ and ‘Prison Statistics India’. Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay …

Data | About 50% ‘offences against state’ cases took over a year for police to file charge sheet: NCRB 2021
2 years, 7 months ago

Data | About 50% ‘offences against state’ cases took over a year for police to file charge sheet: NCRB 2021

The Hindu  

Of the cases chargesheeted by the police under “Offences against state” in 2021, 49% had taken more than a year to file a chargesheet. In general, thefts, burglary, frauds and bank related crimes recorded relatively poorer chargesheeting rate in 2021. On the other hand, cases related to causing hurt, riots, assault on women and murder had relatively better chargesheeting rates. …

NCRB report 2021: Punjab’s overall crimes dip but those against children up
2 years, 7 months ago

NCRB report 2021: Punjab’s overall crimes dip but those against children up

Hindustan Times  

Punjab saw a dip of 11% in overall crimes in 2021 compared to 2020, but children are not safe as there has been an increase in crimes against them, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau report that was released on Monday. NCRB statistics show a 20% jump in cognisable crimes against children in 2021 compared to the previous …

11 per cent jump in cyber crime in 2020, NCRB data in Home Panel report
3 years, 1 month ago

11 per cent jump in cyber crime in 2020, NCRB data in Home Panel report

India TV News  

Highlights As per NCRB data, India reported an 11% jump in cyber crime in the year 2020 The data for 2020 has been obtained from the report "Crime in India, 2020 of the NCRB A total of 50,035 cases in 2020 were registered under cyber crimes As per the National Crime Record Bureau data, India reported an 11 per cent …

2020 NCRB report of crimes in India: Year of the ‘anti-national’
3 years, 5 months ago

2020 NCRB report of crimes in India: Year of the ‘anti-national’

The Hindu  

In August Union Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking in Lucknow, lauded the Adityanath administration for taking Uttar Pradesh to the “top spot” in terms of law and order. Of the 5,613 cases registered under “offences against the state” in 2020 in the country, a whopping 80.6 per cent were registered under the Damage to Public Property Act, followed by 14.2 …

NCRB report finds 28% jump in registration of cases in 2020
3 years, 6 months ago

NCRB report finds 28% jump in registration of cases in 2020

The Hindu  

There was a 28% increase in the registration of cases in 2020 compared to 2019, primarily owing to the violations of COVID-19 norms across the country. The cases of sedition declined from 93 in 2019 to 73 last year, with Manipur reporting 15 cases, Assam 12, Karnataka eight, Uttar Pradesh seven, Haryana six, Delhi five and Kashmir two cases. During …

NCRB data for 2017: Criminal delay
5 years, 4 months ago

NCRB data for 2017: Criminal delay

The Hindu  

The two-year delay in the release of crime statistics for 2017 by the National Crime Records Bureau has led to speculation that it was a deliberate ploy by the government to manage the perception of crime and security in India. In the NCRB’s “Crime in India 2016” report, Sudhir Pratap Singh, Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and …

NCRB’s Reclassification Of Old Offences Problematic: Expert
5 years, 5 months ago

NCRB’s Reclassification Of Old Offences Problematic: Expert

The Quint  

What are the challenges in collecting and publishing crime data in India? How can the process be made consistent so that data can be compared across time periods? The process can be significantly streamlined by creating a central database that automatically updates the macro-level data on crime in India in real time. As for making the process consistent so as …

Delhi crime: NCRB data for 2017 shows how rising cases, creaking criminal justice system ail city
5 years, 5 months ago

Delhi crime: NCRB data for 2017 shows how rising cases, creaking criminal justice system ail city

India Today  

Despite being one of the most modern police force in India, Delhi Police had over 1.70 lakh cases pending, which is the highest in the country and the lowest chargesheet rate of 20%, according to the National Crime Records Bureau data released for this year. The NCRB data revealed that Delhi is leading when it comes to disposal of cases …

30% jump in ‘crimes against state’: NCRB
5 years, 5 months ago

30% jump in ‘crimes against state’: NCRB

The Hindu  

The 2017 Crime in India report, released by the National Crime Records Bureau, saw a 30% jump in cases recorded as “offences against the State.” The total number of cases registered in 2017 stood at 9,013 compared to 6,986 cases registered in 2016. More than 21,000 incidents of cyber crimes were reported in 2017, a jump from the 12,317 such …

Why India’s official crime rate figures are unreliable
7 years, 7 months ago

Why India’s official crime rate figures are unreliable

Live Mint  

Three decades after it was set up to build a database on crime in the country, the National Crime Records Bureau has become an invaluable resource for policymakers, researchers and the media. There are two key problems with the official estimates of crime rates, defined as crimes per million population. If pre-2011 population projections were an underestimate, crime rate figures …

What NCRB statistics says about Criminal Justice system in India?
9 years, 4 months ago

What NCRB statistics says about Criminal Justice system in India?

Live Law  

National Crime Records Bureau has published its ‘Crime In India – 2014’ report in its Website. 9930625 criminal cases were tried in Indian courts in 2014 of which trial of 13, 41,386 was completed by the end of the year. The report also reveals that the percentage of cases tried to total cases for trial during 2012 to 2014 was …

India officially undercounts all crimes including rape
11 years, 6 months ago

India officially undercounts all crimes including rape

The Hindu  

The >National Crime Records Bureau, India’s official source of crime data, is systematically undercounting virtually every crime in India on account of a statistical shortcoming, The Hindu has learnt. The NCRB, under the union Home ministry, compiles its annual ‘Crime in India’ publication based on data that comes to it from state crime records bureaus, which in turn get their …

The crime scene
13 years, 3 months ago

The crime scene

The Hindu  

The government should take note of new studies that have thrown up bright ideas on checking the frequency and intensity of crimes. Crime statistics in India have two principal components: cases registered under the Indian Penal Code and those under Special and Local Laws, such as the Arms Act, Explosives Act, Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act and Immoral Traffic Prevention …

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