**Executive Summary**
This document, released by the Ministry of Home Affairs on December 9, 2025, details the establishment and strengthening of cyber crime units across India. It outlines initiatives by the Central Government to support States/UTs in preventing, detecting, investigating, and prosecuting cyber crimes. The document includes an annexure with state/UT-wise details on the number of cybercrime police stations from January 1, 2020, to the present.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Central Government Support for States/UTs:**
* The Central Government supplements States/UTs efforts through advisories and financial assistance for capacity building.
* The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) publishes statistical data on cybercrime police stations annually. The latest report is for 2024.
* **Key Initiatives by the Central Government:**
* The Ministry of Home Affairs has established the 'Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) to comprehensively address cyber crimes.
* The “National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' (NCRP) (https://cybercrime.gov.in), part of I4C, allows the public to report cyber crimes, especially against women and children. Reported incidents are handled by State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies.
* The ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System' (CFCFRMS) under I4C, launched in 2021, facilitates immediate reporting of financial frauds with a toll-free helpline number '1930'.
* A Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) at I4C includes representatives from major banks, financial intermediaries, telecom service providers, IT intermediaries, and State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies for seamless cooperation.
* Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams (JCCTs) have been formed under I4C, covering cybercrime hotspots across the country.
* The Samanvaya Platform is operational for data sharing and analytics among Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) of all States/UTs.
* States have been requested to establish State/Regional Cyber Crime Coordination Centers (S4C/R4C) in line with I4C. Several S4Cs have already been established.
* **Cyber Crime Police Station Statistics:**
* The Annexure details the number of cyber crime police stations in each State/UT from January 1, 2020, to the present.
* The total number of Cyber Crime Police Stations has increased from 169 (as on 01.01.2020) to 459 (as on the present).
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: States/UTs Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)**
* **Impact**: LEAs are responsible for preventing, detecting, investigating, and prosecuting cyber crimes within their jurisdiction. They also handle FIR conversion and action based on NCRP reports.
* **Action Required**: LEAs should utilize the I4C, NCRP, CFCFRMS, and Samanvaya Platform. They should also coordinate with JCCTs and consider establishing S4Cs/R4Cs.
**Stakeholder: Citizens**
* **Impact**: Citizens have access to a national portal and helpline for reporting cyber crimes and financial frauds.
* **Action Required**: Citizens can report cyber crimes through the NCRP portal (https://cybercrime.gov.in) and financial frauds via the '1930' helpline.
**Stakeholder: Banks, Financial Institutions, Telecom Service Providers, IT Intermediaries**
* **Impact**: These entities are integrated into the CFMC at I4C to collaborate on mitigating cyber fraud.
* **Action Required**: These stakeholders should actively participate in the CFMC and cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies.
Key Entities Referenced
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C): Attached office of the Ministry of Home Affairs to deal with all types of cyber crimes in a coordinated manner.
Ministry of Home Affairs: Central government ministry responsible for coordinating cyber crime efforts.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP): Portal launched as a part of the I4C to enable public to report cyber crimes.
Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D): Compiles and publishes statistical data on cyber cells and cyber crime police stations.
Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS): System under I4C for reporting financial frauds and stopping funds being siphoned off. Includes the toll-free helpline '1930'.
Ministry of Home Affairs
ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER CRIME UNITS
प्रव तथ: 09 DEC 2025 5:45PM by PIB Delhi
‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The
States/UTs are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes
including establishment of cyber crime police stations to tackle the growing incidents of cyber offences
through their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). The Central Government supplements the initiatives of
the States/UTs through advisories and financial assistance under various schemes for capacity building of
their LEAs.
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) compiles and publishes the statistical data on
cyber cells and cyber crime police stations in its publication “Data on Police Organizations”. The latest
published report is for the year 2024. The details of the total number of Cyber Crime Police Stations in
States/UTs for the last five years is at Annexure.
To strengthen the coordination mechanism and uniformity to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive
and coordinated manner, the Central Government has taken steps which, inter-alia, include the following:
i. The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’ (I4C)
as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country, in a coordinated and
comprehensive manner.
ii. The ‘National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal’ (NCRP) (https://cybercrime.gov.in) has been
launched, as a part of the I4C, to enable public to report incidents pertaining to all types of
cyber crimes, with special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. Cyber crime
incidents reported on this portal, their conversion into FIRs and subsequent action thereon are
handled by the State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies concerned as per the provisions of the
law.
iii. The ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System’ (CFCFRMS), under
I4C, has been launched in year 2021 onboarding all States/UTs for immediate reporting of
financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters. A toll-free Helpline number
‘1930’ has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.
iv. A State of the Art, Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) has been established at I4C where
representatives of major banks, Financial Intermediaries, Payment Aggregators, Telecom
Service Providers, IT Intermediaries and representatives of States/UTs Law Enforcement
Agency are working together for immediate action and seamless cooperation to tackle
cybercrime.
v. Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams (JCCTs) have been constituted for Mewat, Jamtara,
Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vishakhapatnam, and Guwahati under I4C covering the
whole country based upon cyber crime hotspots/ areas having multi jurisdictional issues by on
boarding States/UTs to enhance the coordination framework among the Law Enforcement
Agencies of the States/UTs.vi. Samanvaya Platform which has been made operational to serve as an Management
Information System(MIS) platform, data repository and a coordination platform for LEAs of
all States/UTs for cybercrime data sharing and analytics. It provides analytics based interstate
linkages of crimes and criminals, involved in cybercrime complaints in various States/UTs.
The module ‘Pratibimb’ maps locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on a map to give
visibility to jurisdictional officers. The module also facilitates seeking and receiving of
techno- legal assistance by Law Enforcement Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It has lead
to arrest of 16,840 accused and 1,05,129 Cyber Investigation assistance request.
vii. States have been requested to establish State/Regional Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
(S4C/R4C) in lines of I4C for seamless exchange of cybercrime intelligence/threat feed about
cybercrime with I4C. Till date, S4Cs have been established in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
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ANNEXURE
STATE/UT –WISE DETAILS OF CYBER CRIME POLICE STATIONS
Number of Cyber Crime Police Station
Sl.No. STATES/UTs
As on As on As on As on As
01.01.2020 01.01.2021 01.01.2022 01.01.2023 01.0
1 Andhra Pradesh 1 3 3 3 3
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 1 1 1
3 Assam 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar 1 0 1 0 44
5 Chhattisgarh 1 1 1 1 6
6 Goa 1 1 1 1 1
7 Gujarat 4 14 24 24 39
8 Haryana 2 3 8 29 29
9 Himachal Pradesh 1 1 1 1 4
10 Jharkhand 7 7 7 7 7
11 Karnataka 51 11 8 8 212 Kerala 4 19 19 19 20
13 Madhya Pradesh 1 1 1 1 1
14 Maharashtra 43 43 46 46 47
15 Manipur 1 1 1 1 1
16 Meghalaya 1 1 1 1 1
17 Mizoram 1 1 1 1 1
18 Nagaland 1 1 1 1 1
19 Odisha 4 4 15 15 15
20 Punjab 2 2 2 2 2
21 Rajasthan 2 2 2 33 34
22 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0
23 Tamil Nadu 0 46 46 49 54
24 Telangana 3 3 3 4 13
25 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0
26 Uttar Pradesh 2 2 18 18 75
27 Uttarakhand 1 1 2 2 2
28 West Bengal 31 31 31 36 36
29 A & N Islands 0 0 0 0 1
30 Chandigarh 0 0 0 1 1
D & N Haveli and 0 0 0
Daman & Diu
31 0 0
32 Delhi 0 0 15 15 1533 Jammu 2 2 2 2 2
and
Kashmir
34 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0
36 Puducherry 1 1 1 1 1
TOTAL 169 202 262 323 459
Source: BPR&D publication “Data on Police Organizations”, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a
written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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