Rapes in India: annual statistics
Contents |
2004-10
22,172 rapes in 2010; 24,923 in 2012
According to Wikipedia the following number of rapes took place in India in the years between 2004 and 2010.
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
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18233 |
18359 |
19348 |
20737 |
21467 |
21397 |
22172 |
If we take the 2010 figure, the highest of these seven years (2004-2010), it works out to 60.7 rapes a day; 2.53 rapes every hour; or one rape every 23.7 minutes, in a country of 1.2 billion people.
2012
According to India's NCRB there were 24,923 rapes in 2012
2013
2013: Conviction rate improves
Conviction rate went up in rape cases in 2013
Deeptiman Tiwary New Delhi:
TNN
The Times of India Jul 02 2014
Trial Rate Still Sluggish, Cops Pull Up Socks
Though the gruesome gang rape of Nirbhaya in December 2012 has pushed the rate of registration of rape cases by several notches, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2013 data on pendency of cases with police and courts and conviction rates show much more needs to be done.
Police have improved perform ance slightly by bringing down the pendency of rape cases from 35.9% in 2012 to 31.5% in 2013. In 2011, the figure stood at 36.6%.
But courts remain as sluggish as ever with 83.4% rape cases pending trial and a conviction rate of 27.1%. In 2012, 85.1% of all cases were pending with the courts while conviction rate stood at 24.2%. In 2011, the same figures stood at 83.6% and 26.4%.
Cases of molestation and sexual harassment, too, have shown no improvement in pendency with courts with both notching figures of 85.7% and 77% respectively. In 2012 and 2011, too, the figures hovered around 85% and 75% for the two offences.
According to the data, in 2013, registration of cases involving crimes against women (rape, molestation and sexual harassment) have jumped by over 35% across the country while in Delhi, the figure is a record-breaking 140%-350%.
In cases of molestation and sexual harassment (that are now defined in law as assault to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty and insult to a woman's modesty), the performance of police has remained almost constant with 22.9% molestation cases pending investigation in 2013 as against 23.7% in 2012 and 21.6% in 2011. In cases of sexual harassment, too, the figure hovers around 20%. Even the rate of chargesheeting of investigated cases by police has remained constant for these categories, hovering in the range of 90-95%.
Karnataka
Over 1,000 rapes reported in Karnataka in 2013
TNN | Jul 4, 2014
Over 1,000 rapes reported in Karnataka in 2013
Karnataka reported 1,061 cases of rapes in 2013 — the maximum in the last three years.
BANGALORE: The state reported 1,061 cases of rapes in 2013 — the maximum in the last three years. This includes 563 cases of rape on minors. However, only 26 persons were convicted of rape last year. And the number of rape accused convicted in the first half of this year is zero.
The information was provided by home minister KJ George. The first half of 2014 has already reported 476 cases of rapes, including 325 cases of rape on minors.
See also
Age of consent Crimes against women: India Juveniles, benefits and privileges of Juvenile delinquency in India Especially the section 'Rape by juveniles' Premarital sex
Other articles about rapes in India
Rapes in India Rapes in India: court verdicts Rapes in India: the legal position after 2013 <>Rapes in India: Compensation and help for survivors
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