Murder rate spikes to 240% in 2010
Latest crime statistics released by the Home Ministry show 22,172 rapes committed last year
Iftikhar Gilani
New Delhi - October 27, 2011
The number of murders has shot up
from 9,802 in 1953 to 33,335 in 2010
The latest crime statistics released by the Home Ministry point to an alarming trend compared to the previous decades with the murder rate spiking to as high as 240.1%. While dacoity and burglary show a declining trend across the country, murders, rapes, kidnappings and rioting have increased manifold over the past 58 years since the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) started recording and profiling criminal trends.
According to the statistics, released here by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday, the number of murders has shot up from 9,802 in 1953 to 33,335 in 2010; rapes by 791.5% (from 2,487 in 1971 to 22,172 in 2010); kidnappings and abductions by 630.7% (from 5,261 in 1953 to 38,440 in 2010); robberies by 178.3% (from 8,407 in 1953 to 23,393 in 2010) and engineering of riots by 229.1% (from 20,529 in 1953 to 67,571 in 2010).
Burglary/break-ins has declined by 38.8% (from 1,47,379 in 1953 to 90,179 in 2010) and by 21.9% (from 5,579 in 1953 to 4,358 in 2010).
Crime in 2010 increased by 4.9% compared to 2009. In 2010, 22,24,831 crimes were reported under the Indian Penal Code against 21,21,345 cases in 2009. Murders committed in 2010 went up by 3.0% (33,335) compared to 2009 (32,369). While incidents of rapes in the same time period increased by 3.6%, kidnappings and abductions increased by 13.5%.
The report also shows how crimes against the fair sex have increased alarmingly despite the Chief Minister of Delhi and the Chairman of the Congress party, which heads the ruling UPA alliance at the Centre, being women. Crime against women during 2010 gone up by 4.8% (2,13,585) compared to 2,03,804 in 2009. Crime against children also went up by 10.3% (26,694) in 2010 compared to 24,201 in 2009.
Crimes against Scheduled Castes have declined by 2.6% (32,712) in 2010 compared to 33,594 in the previous year. Crimes against Scheduled Tribes in the same period show an increase of 8.5% (5,885) compared to 5,425 cases in 2009.
Further, the report has recorded deaths of 3,84,649 persons in accidents in the year 2010 compared to 3,57,021 in 2009 indicating an increase of 7.7%. Road accidents caused the death of 1, 33,938 persons 2010, an increase of 5.5% compared to 2009 (1, 26,896). In addition, 1,34,599 persons committed suicide in 2010. “Family problem was the major reason for such suicides (31,856) followed by illness (28,464). Of the total suicides reported, 44,535 persons (33.1%) consumed poison and 42,266 (31.4%) hanged themselves,” the report added.
Courtesy: NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau)
Iftikhar Gilani is Special Correspondent with Tehelka.com
iftikhar@tehelka.com
source: http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50....71011CRIME.asp
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Latest crime statistics released by the Home Ministry show 22,172 rapes committed last year
Iftikhar Gilani
New Delhi - October 27, 2011
The number of murders has shot up
from 9,802 in 1953 to 33,335 in 2010
The latest crime statistics released by the Home Ministry point to an alarming trend compared to the previous decades with the murder rate spiking to as high as 240.1%. While dacoity and burglary show a declining trend across the country, murders, rapes, kidnappings and rioting have increased manifold over the past 58 years since the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) started recording and profiling criminal trends.
According to the statistics, released here by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday, the number of murders has shot up from 9,802 in 1953 to 33,335 in 2010; rapes by 791.5% (from 2,487 in 1971 to 22,172 in 2010); kidnappings and abductions by 630.7% (from 5,261 in 1953 to 38,440 in 2010); robberies by 178.3% (from 8,407 in 1953 to 23,393 in 2010) and engineering of riots by 229.1% (from 20,529 in 1953 to 67,571 in 2010).
Burglary/break-ins has declined by 38.8% (from 1,47,379 in 1953 to 90,179 in 2010) and by 21.9% (from 5,579 in 1953 to 4,358 in 2010).
Crime in 2010 increased by 4.9% compared to 2009. In 2010, 22,24,831 crimes were reported under the Indian Penal Code against 21,21,345 cases in 2009. Murders committed in 2010 went up by 3.0% (33,335) compared to 2009 (32,369). While incidents of rapes in the same time period increased by 3.6%, kidnappings and abductions increased by 13.5%.
The report also shows how crimes against the fair sex have increased alarmingly despite the Chief Minister of Delhi and the Chairman of the Congress party, which heads the ruling UPA alliance at the Centre, being women. Crime against women during 2010 gone up by 4.8% (2,13,585) compared to 2,03,804 in 2009. Crime against children also went up by 10.3% (26,694) in 2010 compared to 24,201 in 2009.
Crimes against Scheduled Castes have declined by 2.6% (32,712) in 2010 compared to 33,594 in the previous year. Crimes against Scheduled Tribes in the same period show an increase of 8.5% (5,885) compared to 5,425 cases in 2009.
Further, the report has recorded deaths of 3,84,649 persons in accidents in the year 2010 compared to 3,57,021 in 2009 indicating an increase of 7.7%. Road accidents caused the death of 1, 33,938 persons 2010, an increase of 5.5% compared to 2009 (1, 26,896). In addition, 1,34,599 persons committed suicide in 2010. “Family problem was the major reason for such suicides (31,856) followed by illness (28,464). Of the total suicides reported, 44,535 persons (33.1%) consumed poison and 42,266 (31.4%) hanged themselves,” the report added.
Courtesy: NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau)
Iftikhar Gilani is Special Correspondent with Tehelka.com
iftikhar@tehelka.com
source: http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50....71011CRIME.asp
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