Crime against women: 4.45 lakh FIRs filed in 2022, almost 51 every hour. Delhi tops the list

According to the annual crime report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Delhi registered the highest rate of crime against womenin the country in 2022..

The national capital recorded 14,247 cases in 2022 with a rate of 144.4 (per lakh), which was way above the national average of 66.4..

The NCRB data revealed that Uttar Pradesh registered 65,743 crime against women FIRs in 2022 followed by Maharashtra 45,331, Rajasthan 45,058, West Bengal 34,738 and Madhya Pradesh 32,765..

The NCRB data further stated that a total of 4,45,256 cases of crime against women were registered last year across the country, with almost 51 FIRs every hour..

The majority of crimes against women under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) were of cruelty by the husband or his relatives (31.4%) followed by kidnapping and abduction of women (19.2%), assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty (18.7%), and rape (7.1%), the NCRB data stated..

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