India Saw 95 Rapes per Day in 2015; Delhi, MP Among Most Unsafe

National Crime Records Bureau released its data on Tuesday highlighting abysmal numbers of crimes against women.

India witnessed over 34,600 cases of rape last year, with Madhya Pradesh and Delhi recording the maximum numbers in the list of states and union territories respectively, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on Tuesday.

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Among these, in 33,098 cases the offenders were known to the victims. Madhya Pradesh reported 4,391 rape cases, while the national capital reported 2,199 such cases.

Rape Cases

• A total of 3,644 and 3,025 rapes were reported in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the data said. Maharashtra reported 4,144 such incidents.
  
  
• As many as 2,251 rape cases were reported in Odisha, 1,733 in Assam, 1,560 in Chhattisgarh, 1,256 in Kerala. West Bengal registered 1,129, Haryana 1,070 and 1,041 in Bihar, it said.
  
  
• Among the union territories, 72 rape cases were reported in Chandigarh, 36 in Andaman and Nicobar Island, eight in Dadar and Nagar Haveli, five in Daman and Diu and three Puducherry.
  
  
• No such crime was reported in Lakshadweep.
  

Sexual Offences Against Women

Nearly 3.27 lakh cases of crimes against women were reported across the country.

Of these over 1.3 lakh were sexual offences — 1.2 lakh in states and 9,445 in union territories. The sexual offences cases included rape, attempt to commit rape, assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty and insult to modesty of women.

Of the total sexual offences against women, Maharashtra reported a highest of 16,989 cases, followed by 12,887 in Madhya Pradesh and 11,343 in Uttar Pradesh.

As many as 9,359 such offences were reported in Odisha, 8,873 in Rajasthan, 8,274 in West Bengal, 8,049 in Andhra Pradesh and 6,044 in Telangana. Chhattisgarh reported 3,500 such cases, 1,743 in Gujarat, 1,738 in Bihar and 270 in Goa.

Among the union territories, Delhi has reported 9,104 sexual offences against women, followed by 164 in Chandigarh, 98 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 47 in Puducherry, 13 in Dadar and Nagar Haveli, 12 in Daman and Diu and seven in Lakshadweep, the data said.

Total Crimes Against Women

The states that reported most criminal cases against women:

• A total of 35,527 were in Uttar Pradesh
  
  
• 33,218 in West Bengal
  
  
• 31,126 in Maharashtra
  
  
• 28,165 in Rajasthan
  
  
• 24,135 in Madhya Pradesh
  
  
• 23,258 in Assam
  

Source: PTI