New Delhi, India: There has been a pointy enhance in Cyber Crime Cases registered each in States in addition to 19 Metro cities in keeping with information launched by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs.

The NCRB report exhibits that in States and Union Territories cyber crimes have seen a 24.4 p.c enhance.

“A total of 65,893 cases were registered under Cyber Crimes, showing an increase of 24.4 percent in registration over 2021 (52,974 cases). Crime rate under this category increased from 3.9 in 2021 to 4.8 in 2022. During 2022, 64.8 per cent of cyber-crime cases registered were for the motive of fraud (42,710 out of 65,893 cases) followed by Extortion with 5.5 per cent (3,648 cases) and Sexual Exploitation with 5.2 per cent (3,434 cases)” the report states.

In the 19 Metro cities additionally there was a big bounce in registered instances associated to Cyber Crimes with a 42.7 p.c enhance seen.

“A total of 24,420 cases have been registered under Cyber Crimes, showing an increase of 42.7 per cent over 2021 (17,115 cases). Cyber crime rate has increased from 15.0 in 2021 to 21.4 in 2022. Crime head-wise cases revealed that Computer Related Offences (section 66 of IT Act) (12,213 cases) formed the highest number of Cyber Crimes accounting for 50.0 per cent during 2022” the report states.

Bengaluru recorded the best variety of cybercrimes in Metropolitan cities (2020-2022) with 9940 instances registered in 2022 with charge-sheet fee at 22.6 per cent. This was adopted by monetary capital Mumbai with 4724 instances for the corresponding interval and a charge-sheet fee of 16. 6 per cent. Hyderabad was at 4436 with 25.4 per cent charge-sheet fee whereas New Delhi recorded 685 in the identical interval with 89.3 per cent charge-sheet.

The NCRB report additionally said that in States and UTs offences in opposition to the state have seen a rise of 8.6 per cent.

“A total of 5,610 cases under cases involving offences against the state have been registered in 2022 as compared to 5,164 cases in the year 2021, showing an increase of 8.6 per cent. Out of 5,610 cases, 78.5 per cent of cases were registered under The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act (4,403 Cases) followed by 1,005 (17.9 per cent) cases under The Unlawful Activities Prevention Act” the report states.

However, in keeping with the NCRB report there was a lower in general crimes registered below the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL).

“Total of 58,24,946 cognizable crimes comprising 35,61,379 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and 22,63,567 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes were registered in 2022. It shows a decline of 2,71,364 (4.5 percentage) in registration of cases over 2021 (60,96,310 cases)” the report states.

“Crime rate registered per lakh population has declined from 445.9 in 2021 to 422.2 in 2022. During 2022, registration of cases under IPC and SLL Crimes have declined by 2.8% and 7.0% respectively over 2021” the report provides.

In the 19 Metropolitan cities -Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune and Surat – crimes registered have decreased by 10.4 per cent over 2021.

“A total of 8,53,470 cognizable crimes comprising 6,20,356 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and 2,33,114 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes were registered in 19 metropolitan cities during 2022, showing a decrease of 10.4% over 2021 (9,52,273 cases)” the NCRB report said.

In these Metros, throughout 2022, “IPC crimes registered have declined by 1.7 per cent and SLL crimes registered have decreased by 27.4 per cent over 2021. Under IPC crimes, majority of cases were registered under Theft accounting for 44.6 PC (2,76,460 out of 6,20,356 cases) followed by Rash Driving on Public way 10.5 per cent (65,339 cases) and Disobedience to order duly promulgated by Public Servant (Sec 188 IPC) with 7.0 per cent (43,733 cases) during 2022” the report added.

The report additional stated that in States and Union territories throughout 2022, a complete of 32,28,322 individuals had been arrested below 35,61,379 instances of IPC crimes. A complete of 43,67,588 individuals had been charge-sheeted, 10,55,181 individuals had been convicted, 9,81,194 individuals had been acquitted and 1,52,787 individuals had been discharged.

A complete of 21,61,911 individuals had been arrested below 22,63,567 instances of SLL crimes. A complete of 27,04,985 individuals had been charge-sheeted, 14,16,858 individuals had been convicted, 3,69,789 individuals had been acquitted and 57,187 individuals had been discharged.

In the 19 Metro Cities, a complete of 4,37,761 individuals had been arrested below 6,20,356 IPC crimes. A complete of 4,28,497 individuals had been charge-sheeted, 1,30,015 individuals had been convicted, 73,723 individuals had been acquitted and 11,227 individuals had been discharged.

A complete 2,58,327 individuals had been arrested below 2,33,114 SLL crimes. A complete of two,79,104 individuals had been charge-sheeted, 1,34,029 individuals had been convicted, 36,234 individuals had been acquitted and three,876 individuals had been discharged.