Maharashtra tops in IPC crimes in 2021, UP at second spot: NCRB report

Maharashtra recorded the highest number of cases in the country under the Indian Penal Code IPC in 2021 at 367218 while Mumbai was placed second among major metropolitan cities in registration of criminal offences according to a National Crime Records Bureau NCRB reportAccording to the report at least 174 different types of criminal offences were registered under IPC sections every day in Mumbai which included 14 cases of violent crimes in 2021Data from the New Delhiheadquartered NCRB which is part of the Union home ministry showed a rise of 27 per cent in criminal cases 63689 in Mumbai during lockdownlike restrictions in 2021 as against 50158 in 2020 and 40684 in 2019Violent crimes like murder kidnap and rape and offences against senior citizens women and children too rose in the financial capital last year said the reportMaharashtra also topped in registration of cases related to riots across the country As many as 8709 such offences which included 77 cases of communal riots 86 political 67 caste conflict 355 agrarian 197 linked to money 1259 land and property dispute 304 family dispute were recorded in the state in 2021Also Read Delhi records highest human trafficking cases among all Union territories NCRB 2021 dataMaharashtra was followed by Bihar 6298 Uttar Pradesh 5302 Karnataka 4193 Tamil Nadu 2275 Haryana 2253 and Odisha 2220 as per the NCRB reportThe number of cases reported and calculated is as per population in lakhs As per the population rate calculated per lakhs Mumbai was placed 11th in the country in the total number of crimes among major cities in 2021 the city was at the 15th spot in 2020The number of IPC cases registered in Maharashtra in 2021 was 367218 the highest in the country but it was down by 68 per cent from 394017 in 2020 and the western state was followed by Uttar Pradesh 357905 said the reportMumbai ranked second nationally when it comes to crimes committed by juveniles The metropolis recorded 611 crimes committed by minors which included several cases of theft and assault it saidThere were also cases of voyeurism sexual harassment kidnapping and stalking where minors were taken into custody by police in the financial capital said the reportLooking at crime percentage Mumbai stood second with 63689 cases in 2021 Delhi topped the list both in terms of population count and crime rate with 289 lakh cases recorded during the period the data showedThe report showed though Mumbai was placed second among major cities as per the number of crime cases reported as per population in lakhs it was in the 11th sport Maharashtra cities of Nagpur and Pune were placed sixth and 14thLast year Mumbai recorded 7820 cases of theft and 4594 of hurt Other major offences recorded during the period were forgeryfraud cheating 4899 rash driving 2282 kidnapabduct 1590 sexual harassment 401 death by negligence 386 rape 364 rioting 303 and murder 162 among others said the reportThough the NCRB data showed cyber offences rose by 156 per cent in Mumbai in 2021 several such cases may have gone unreported as many written complaints were not converted into a first information report FIR according to expertsAccording to the report a total of 2883 cases of different types of cyber offences were registered in 2021 in the financial capital as against 2433 in 2020 and 2527 in preCOVID19 year of 2019Maharashtra overall witnessed a meagre rise of 15 per cent in cyber offences in 2021 at 5562 as against 5496 in 2020 and 4967 in 2019 the data showedA majority of such cases reported in Maharashtra were related to debitcredit card sexual exploitation causing disrepute anger personal revenge and extortion the report addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever