Crimes against women in India- NCRB Report 2010

The 2010 NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) Report - Chapter 5 deals with Crimes Agaainst Women:
http://ncrb.nic.in/cii2010/cii-2010/Chapter%205.pdf


Crimes against Women:
(1) The Crimes under the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
(i)  Rape (Sec. 376 IPC)
(ii) Kidnapping & Abduction for specified purposes  (Sec. 363 - 373 IPC)
(iii) Homicide for Dowry, Dowry Deaths or their attempts (Sec. 302/304-B IPC)
(iv) Torture - both mental and physical (Sec. 498-A IPC)
(v) Molestation (Sec. 354 IPC)
(vi) Sexual Harassment (Sec. 509 IPC)
(vii) Importation of girls (upto 21 years of age) (Sec. 366-B IPC)
 
(2) The Crimes under the Special & Local Laws (SLL)
 (i) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
(ii) Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
(iii) Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986
(iv) Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987

Reported Incidents of crime 2010 
A total of 2,13,585 incidents of crime against women (both under IPC and SLL) were reported in the country (India) during 2010  recording an
increase of 4.8% during 2010 over previous year.   Andhra Pradesh, accounting for nearly 7.1% of the country’s population, has  accounted for 12.8% of total crimes against
women in the country by reporting 27,244 cases. West Bengal with 7.6% share of country’s population has accounted for nearly 12.2% of total crime against
women by reporting 26,125 cases in 2010.

Crimes against women in mega cities
Among 35 cities, Delhi (3,886) has accounted for 16.0% of total crimes followed by Hyderabad (1,964) (8.1%).  The crime rate was significantly higher in Vijayawada,
Jaipur, Faridabad, Lucknow,  Vishakhapatnam and Agra .Delhi city has accounted for 23.0% of Rape cases, 37.7% of Kidnapping & Abduction cases, 14.6% of Dowry Deaths and 16.5% of
Molestation cases among 35 cities. Hyderabad has reported 12.2% of cases of Cruelty by Husband and Relatives. Vijayawada has reported 16.0% of cases of Eve-teasing.
Kolkata city has reported 3 out of 7 cases reported under Importation of Girls.

Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Jaipur have booked more cases under Special & Local Laws among the mega cities. 11.9% (111 out of 934) of
cases under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and 81.3% (557 out of 685) of Dowry Prohibition Act cases were registered in Bengaluru city alone. Similarly, 18.6% (174), 14.3%
(134) and 13.2% (123) of 934 cases under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act were registered in Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai respectively. All the 24 out of 26 cases under Indecent
Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act cases were registered in Jaipur city accounting for 92.3% of such cases.