Number of rape cases dip nationwide, but in Mumbai, Pune crimes against women still on the rise: NCRB

Although the nationwide number of rape and other cases pertaining to crime against women has plummeted marginally by 5.67 and  3.11 percent respectively, there has been a considerable increase in crime in major cities, the latest National Crime Records Bureau data records have pointed out. Below is the analysis of number of crime cases in major cities: Total rapes (Custodial and others) Pune and Mumbai have again shown an increase in the number of custodial and other rapes by 40 and 17 percent respectively. The NCRB data recorded 266 cases in 2015 as compared to 189 in 2014 in Pune, while 712 cases were recorded in Mumbai. Trailing Mumbai and Pune, the rape incidents in cities like Lucknow, Patna and Bengaluru have increased by 28.84 percent, 16.66 percent and 7.69 percent respectively. Although the actual number of rapes cases – 1,893 for 2015 and 1,813 for 2014 – recorded in the national capital is higher than all the other cities, the percentage increase in the rape cases has been 4.4 percent. Chennai has shown a considerable dip in rape cases. As per the NCRB records, 25 cases were registered in 2015 compared to 65 in 2014. Furthermore, Ghaziabad numbers have also plummeted considerably with 40 cases in 2015 as compared to 75 in 2014. Following Ghaziabad are cities like Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Hyderabad and Kolkata, where cases of rape have dipped by 41 percent, 20.52 percent, 10.31 percent and 8.33 percent respectively. The data, however, shows a nationwide drop of 5.67 percent and 3.11 percent in the number of rape cases and crimes against women respectively. Kidnapping and abduction cases The number of kidnapping and abduction cases recorded in metros like Pune and Mumbai has shown a steep rise. In Pune, the numbers have risen from 228 in 2014 to 707 cases in 2015. Comparatively, in Mumbai, 1,583 cases were reported in 2015 as compared to 541 cases in 2014. Patna has seen a rise in kidnapping cases by 45 percent, Ghaziabad by 14 percent, Bengaluru by 9 percent and Amritsar by 8 percent. However, Delhi – notoriously called as the crime capital of India – has witnessed a rise of 10 percent in kidnapping and abduction cases with 6,630 cases in 2015 compared to 6,016 in 2014. On the contrary Lucknow, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata have shown a drop in the cases by about 10-18 percent. Total number of murders There has been an overall drop in the number of murder cases in the major cities. Kolkata and Bengaluru have the highest drop with 21.99 percent and 20.27 percent respectively. Whereas, Ghaziabad and Hyderabad are trailing with 19.17 percent and 10.16 percent respectively. Delhi has seen a slight drop — 1.69 percent — in the number of murder cases. Mumbai and Pune numbers have dropped by 7.65 and 9.42 percent each. Patna, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Amritsar have shown a rise between 7.47 to 13.79 percent respectively. Total number of cognisable crimes The NCRB data for the cognisable crimes states that the national capital ranks the highest with 1,73,947 cases recorded in 2015 as against 1,39,707 in 2014 – a considerable 24.50 percent growth. In 2015, about 42,940 cases of cognisable crimes have been recorded in Mumbai, which has shown a rise of 6.38 percent since 2014. Bengaluru has recorded about 35,576 cases with 11.55 percent rise while Ahmedabad has about 15,964 cases with 4.43 percent rise. Chennai has shown a decent decline of 20.39 percent with 13,422 cases recorded in 2015 as against 16,861 in 2014. Hyderabad with 10.42 and Kolkata with 8.29 percent are trailing Chennai. Interestingly, one can note that Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ghaziabad are among the major cities with reduced crime incidents.