The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has put out the total number of rape cases registered in India in 2021. The latest report shows that Kolkata recorded the lowest number of rape cases among the 19 metropolitan cities in India last year.
According to the data, 11 rape cases were registered in Kolkata in 2021, while Delhi has the highest number of total rape cases in the country while 1,226 rape cases have been registered in the city.
After Delhi, Jaipur ranks second with 502 rape cases, followed by Mumbai with 364 such cases under section 376 of IPC. After Kolkata, the data shows that Tamil Nadu had Coimbatore with 12 rape cases and Patna at the bottom of the chart. 30 cases of rape
According to the NCRB report, 165 cases were reported in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, 117 in Bengaluru, 116 in Hyderabad and 115 in Nagpur in Maharashtra.
According to NCRB data, a total of 3,208 rape cases were reported in 19 metro cities of India in 2021. It also said that Kolkata was among the cities where no case of attempt to rape was registered. In Kolkata, 14 rape cases were registered in 2019, while it has come down to 11 in 2021.
State-wise data showed that Rajasthan recorded the maximum number of rape cases at 6,337 last year, while Nagaland reported the lowest at four. 1,123 cases of rape were registered in West Bengal.
NCRB data said that a total of 31,677 rape cases were registered in India in 2021, of which 31,878 were victims.
Meanwhile, Delhi (30.1 per cent), followed by Maharashtra (11.7 per cent) and Karnataka (11.2 per cent) reported the highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, a total of 409 cases of crimes against foreigners, including rape, murder and theft, were registered in 2019, up from 517 in 2018 and 492 a year ago.
(with PTI inputs)
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