There had been 47,221 POCSO circumstances out of 1,28,531 circumstances of crime in opposition to kids in 2020 (36.73 per cent) and 47,335 of 1,48,185 such circumstances in 2019 (31.94 per cent).

NCRB knowledge on circumstances registered underneath POCSO present a gradual improve within the price (incidents per 1 lakh kids): 12.1 in 2021 (53,276 ladies, 1,083 boys); 10.6 in each 2020 and 2019.

Sikkim has the very best price of sexual offences in opposition to kids with 48.6 adopted by Kerala (28.1), Meghalaya (27.8), Haryana (24.7) and Mizoram (24.6).

The largest variety of circumstances registered underneath POCSO in 2021 was in UP (7,129) adopted by Maharashtra (6,200), Madhya Pradesh (6,070), Tamil Nadu (4,465) and Karnataka (2,813).

In proportion phrases, the highest classes underneath crime in opposition to kids throughout 2021 had been kidnapping and abduction (45 per cent) adopted by POCSO circumstances.

In all, there was a 16.2 per cent rise in circumstances of crime in opposition to kids in 2021 from the earlier 12 months, in accordance with the NCRB report. “The crime price registered per lakh kids inhabitants is 33.6 in 2021 as compared with 28.9 in 2020,’’ the report states.

Sikkim had the very best price of crime in opposition to kids amongst states at 72.4 adopted by Madhya Pradesh at 66.7.

Madhya Pradesh had the very best variety of precise circumstances registered — 19,173 circumstances in 2021. The state additionally had the very best variety of circumstances registered in 2020 with over 17,000 circumstances, adopted by UP and Maharashtra. In 2019, Maharashtra had the very best variety of circumstances at 19,592, adopted by Madhya Pradesh and UP.

Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Odisha and Assam had been the opposite states with the excessive charges of crimes in opposition to kids in 2021. Nagaland had the bottom price of crime in opposition to kids at 6.2 in addition to the bottom variety of circumstances registered in 2021 at 51. The state additionally had the bottom variety of circumstances registered in 2019 with 59, in addition to in 2020 with 31.

Among union territories, Delhi had the highest rate of crimes against children in 2021 with 128.5 — additionally the very best within the nation with over 7,000 circumstances registered final 12 months.

The NCRB knowledge present that 140 kids had been raped and murdered in 2021, and one other 1,402 murdered. There had been 359 circumstances of abetment to suicide of kids. The largest variety of rape and homicide, in addition to homicide of kids befell in UP.

According to the report, there have been 121 circumstances of foeticide registered final 12 months with the most important quantity logged in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat (23 every) adopted by Chhattisgarh (21) and Rajasthan (13). There had been 112 circumstances of foeticide in 2020, with Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh topping the record in that 12 months, too.

As many as 49,535 kids had been kidnapped final 12 months with the very best numbers in Maharashtra (9,415), Madhya Pradesh (8,224), Odisha (5,135) and West Bengal (4,026). As many as 5,345 kids had been kidnapped in Delhi in 2021.

The NCRB report states that 29,364 kids had been declared lacking and since deemed as kidnapped. This quantity contains 12,347 minor ladies for the aim of “being compelled into marriage’’, the NCRB report discovered. It reveals that 1,046 kids had been trafficked final 12 months with Delhi, Bihar and Assam topping the record.

There had been 982 circumstances registered underneath the Child Labour Act final 12 months with the very best variety of circumstances registered in Telangana (305) adopted by Assam.

The report states that 1,062 circumstances had been registered underneath the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act final 12 months with the highest three states together with Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Assam.

A complete of 31,170 circumstances had been registered in opposition to juveniles in 2021, depicting a rise of 4.7 per cent over 2020 (29,768).