{"id":186577,"date":"2023-12-18T04:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T04:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=186577"},"modified":"2023-12-18T04:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T04:26:26","slug":"1000-cases-of-violence-against-women-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/india\/1000-cases-of-violence-against-women-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"1,000 Cases Of Violence Against Women Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cruelty by the husband (or his relatives) accounted for about 40 per cent of these cases. <\/p>\n On the face of it, 2022 was a discernibly better year for India as the country witnessed less crime than the year before.<\/p>\n The police recorded 3.6 million crime cases last year, which is 3 per cent less than in 2021.<\/p>\n However, crimes against women, caste crimes and digital fraud increased, according to the Crime in India Report 2022.<\/p>\n Crime rate, or the ratio of criminal cases relative to population, declined in 2022 (chart 1).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moreover, the number of cases in which police filed charges fell in 2022 after an improvement during the pandemic (chart 2).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Crime rates and charge sheeting differed across various Indian cities.<\/p>\n With over 298,000 cases registered in 2022, Delhi reported a crime rate of 1,832.6 — or seven times the national average.<\/p>\n The city, however, had the lowest charge sheet rate of 30.2 per cent.<\/p>\n Jaipur reported a crime rate of 916.7, and Indore 767.7.<\/p>\n Crime rate in Mumbai was 376.3 with a higher charge sheeting rate of 77 per cent (chart 3).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With over 11,000 cases, Delhi accounted for the highest number of violent crimes among all metropolises.<\/p>\n Mumbai followed with about 5,000 such cases. Over 2,000 cases were reported from Bengaluru and Pune each.<\/p>\n Violent crimes include murder, infanticide, foeticide, dowry deaths, grievous hurt, kidnapping and abduction, rape, rioting, and robbery among others.<\/p>\n A dip in the national crime rate has not necessarily meant better disposal of such cases in the courts.<\/p>\n Analysis shows that the conviction rate dropped by about 3 percentage points to 54.2 per cent in 2022 compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n It had risen to 59 per cent in 2020. Despite this fall in conviction rates, however, pendency rates also declined.<\/p>\n About 89 per cent of the cases in courts were awaiting judgment in 2022 compared to 91 per cent in 2021 (chart 4).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, disposal of crimes against women worsened even as they accounted for about a tenth of all the crimes registered.<\/p>\n Over 365,000 cases of crimes against women were recorded in 2022, or an average of 1,001 cases daily.<\/p>\n This is a 2 per cent rise compared to the average in 2021 (chart 5).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cruelty by the husband (or his relatives) accounted for about 40 per cent of these cases.<\/p>\n While cases of ‘kidnapping and abduction’ and ‘assault with an intent to outrage a woman’s modesty’ made up 23 per cent each, rape accounted for 8.6 per cent of these cases.<\/p>\n The conviction rate in crimes against women remained below the average for all criminal cases.<\/p>\n Only 23.3 per cent of cases ended in a conviction in 2022 with a pendency of 93 per cent.<\/p>\n While the conviction rate for cases of rape\/gang rape was 69.4 per cent, it was 17.7 per cent for cases of cruelty by the husband. The pendency rate for both crimes remained over 90 per cent.<\/p>\n Delhi reported the highest number of cases of crimes against women (12,552).<\/p>\n The national capital was followed by the financial capital, Mumbai, with over 5,000 cases.<\/p>\n About 3,186 such cases were reported from Jaipur, 2,737 cases from Hyderabad and 2,264 cases from Bengaluru.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Apart from gender crimes, the pandemic has also led to a spurt in cases of cybercrime and digital fraud as more people switched to digital transactions.<\/p>\n Over 6,400 cases of fraud in online banking were registered in 2022, a significant rise since 2019.<\/p>\n While one-time password frauds increased by 430 per cent to over 2,910 cases, ATM related frauds witnessed a decline (chart 6).<\/p>\n Telangana reported the highest number of such frauds in 2022, with 3,223 victims, followed by Maharashtra (909), Andhra Pradesh (569), and Uttar Pradesh (483).<\/p>\n Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva\/Rediff.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
Delhi reported the highest number of cases of crimes against women (12,552) followed by Mumbai with over 5,000 cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n