28,811 Crimes Against Women Registered by NCW Last Year

Woower Echo January 2, 2024

Over the last year, the National Commission for Women (NCW) logged a total of 28,811 complaints concerning crimes against women. The maximum number of complaints centred around the right to dignity, involving harassment beyond domestic violence, and amounted to 8,540 cases.

Subsequent to that, there were 6,274 complaints of domestic violence, 4,797 of dowry harassment, 2,349 of molestation, 1,618 of police indifference, and 1,537 of rape or attempted rape. There were 805 reports of sexual harassment, 605 of cybercrime, 472 of stalking, and 409 of honour crimes.

The highest number of complaints, constituting 16,109 and representing around 55 per cent, stemmed from Uttar Pradesh. After Uttar Pradesh, Delhi had the second-highest number of complaints with 2,411, and Maharashtra ranked third with 1,343 complaints.

Other states with notable complaint figures were Bihar (1,312), Madhya Pradesh (1,165), Haryana (1,115), Rajasthan (1,011), Tamil Nadu (608), West Bengal (569), and Karnataka (501).

Notably, there has been a decline in the overall number of complaints from the 2022 figure of 30,864, which marked the highest count since 2014.

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