Crime rate under crimes against women, children, scheduled castes/scheduled tribes and senior citizens have been calculated on the basis of population of that particular segment, NCRB said. In Telangana, 9,825 Lakh property was stolen and 5,681 lakh was recovered.
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Of the total sexual offences against women, Maharashtra reported the highest number with 16,989 cases. It is only second to Kollam, Kerala, which has a crime rate of 1194.3. Similarly, while 1,708 robbery cases were registered Mumbai in 2015, as many as 6,766 took place in Delhi.
In the case of Delhi, the actual number of written complaints made stood at over 3.52 lakh, and oral complaints at 27.83 lakh. Over three lakh cases are still under investigation. The state was closely followed by Madhya Pradesh, which saw 9,609 cases of outraging modesty.
The rape victims were among the age group of below six years to over 60 years.
Over 34,600 cases of rape have been reported across the country past year with Madhya Pradesh and Delhi topping the infamous list of states and union territories respectively.
A total of 1,179 people were arrested for offences against the state in 2015.
There were 1,483 cases registered against juveniles in conflict with the law in Tamil Nadu while all over India the number was 31,395 in 2015.
Such crimes have gone up by 12 per cent to 571 in 2015 from 512 in the previous year.
The total number of crimes against Scheduled Caste recorded in states and Union Territories was 45,003 in 2015.
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday released the 63rd edition of “Crime in India” report for the year 2015, which showed a marginal decline in crimes against women, while crimes against children showed an increase. Delhi, which witnessed 147 crimes against foreigners, accounted for more than 40 per cent of these crimes.
