Context: NCRB Crime in India Report 2024
NCRB released the Crime in India 2024 and Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India (ADSI) 2024 reports. While overall crime declined in 2024, cybercrime, crimes against the State and drug-overdose deaths recorded significant rise.
NCRB Basics
- National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) — established in 1986
- Ministry — Ministry of Home Affairs
Major reports
- Crime in India
- ADSI Report
- Prison Statistics India
Key Crime Data (2024)
Overall Crime
- Total cognisable crimes — 58.86 lakh
- Decline from 2023 — 6%
Cybercrime
- Total cybercrime cases — 1,01,928
- Increase from 2023 — 17%
- Fraud-related cases — 73,987 (72.6%)
- Sexual exploitation — 3,190 cases (3.1%)
- Cyber extortion — 2,536 cases (2.5%)
Crimes Against the State
- Total cases — 5,194
- Increase — 6.6%
- Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act — 4,395 cases (84.6%)
- UAPA cases — 649
Crimes Against SC/ST
- Crimes against SCs — 55,698
- Crimes against STs — 9,966
- Both categories recorded decline from 2023
Suicide & Drug Overdose Data
Suicides
- Total suicides — 1,70,746
- Around 70% victims were men
- Daily wage earners formed largest share — 31%
Farming Sector
- Farming-sector suicides — 10,546
Drug Overdose
- Drug-overdose deaths — 978
- Increase from 2023 — 50%
- Tamil Nadu recorded highest deaths — 313
