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Crimes against Women in 2012

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) records the data on crimes committed in the country. The table below gives
details of the state wise incidents of crimes against women and cases of rape as registered with the NCRB.
West Bengal registered the most number of crimes against women in 2012; the number of rape cases has
declined by 13 per cent over 2011
Meghalaya registered the highest ratio of cases of rape to other crimes against women (55 per cent)
Among the larger states, Odisha registered the highest increase in the number of cases of rape (31 per cent)

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State wise statistics of crimes against women 2012
State
Incidence of
Crime
No. of Rape cases
reported - 2011
No. of Rape cases
reported - 2012
% Increase in
rape cases
Ratio of Rapes
to Other Crimes
ANDHRA PRADESH 28,171 1,442 1,341 -7% 5%
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 201 42 46 10% 23%
ASSAM 13,544 1,700 1,716 1% 13%
BIHAR 11,229 932 922 -1% 8%
CHHATTISGARH 4,228 1,014 1,004 -1% 24%
GOA 200 28 52 86% 26%
GUJARAT 9,561 437 465 6% 5%
HARYANA 6,002 725 658 -9% 11%
HIMACHAL PRADESH 912 160 175 9% 19%
JAMMU & KASHMIR 3,328 277 303 9% 9%
JHARKHAND 4,536 776 812 5% 18%
KARNATAKA 10,366 635 619 -3% 6%
KERALA 10,930 1,094 972 -11% 9%
MADHYA PRADESH 16,832 3,396 3,389 0% 20%
MAHARASHTRA 16,353 1,658 1,762 6% 11%
MANIPUR 304 53 58 9% 19%
MEGHALAYA 255 124 141 14% 55%
MIZORAM 199 74 99 34% 50%
NAGALAND 51 14 20 43% 39%
ODISHA 11,988 1,112 1,456 31% 12%
PUNJAB 3,228 473 676 43% 21%
RAJASTHAN 21,106 1,757 2,005 14% 9%
SIKKIM 68 15 34 127% 50%
TAMIL NADU 7,192 675 733 9% 10%
TRIPURA 1,559 204 228 12% 15%
UTTAR PRADESH 23,569 2,040 1,951 -4% 8%
UTTARAKHAND 1,067 125 134 7% 13%
WEST BENGAL 30,942 2,356 2,040 -13% 7%
DELHI 5,959 549 665 21% 11%
Total ( All India) 2,44,270 23,939 24,531 2% 10%
Sources: National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) ; PRS

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