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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5108
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24TH MARCH, 2026/ CHAITRA 3, 1948 (SAKA)
CYBER CRIME AGAINST WOMEN
5108. DR. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR:
SHRI BAPI HALDAR:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether NCRB’s Crime in India 2023 records 1463 cases of cyber crime
against women and children in Uttar Pradesh and 1447 in Telangana,
while West Bengal is among the lower-incidence States with 176;
(b) if so, the details of incidence rate per lakh, and compound annual
growth rate, State-wise;
(c) the details of sanctioned and filled strength in cyber police units,
number of functional cyber police stations and digital forensic labs; and
(d) whether it is a fact that Bihar reported 4941 cases of “Kidnapping and
abduction of women/girls to compel for marriage” in 2023 with a crime
rate of 8.1 per lakh women, the highest nationally, if so, the reasons
thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)
(a) to (d): ‘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, prosecution of
crimes including cyber crime and establishing and strengthening of cyber
crime police stations, through their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).-2-
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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 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes
the statistical data on crimes in its publication “Crime in India”. The latest
published report is for the year 2023. As per the data published by the
NCRB, State/UT wise details of cases registered and crime rate under
cyber crimes against women and children (involving communication
devices as medium/target) during the period from 2021 to 2023 are at the
Annexure-I & II respectively.
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) compiles
and publishes the statistical data on cyber crime police stations and
forensic science laboratories/ mobile forensic science vans in its
publication “Data on Police Organizations”. As per the data published by
the BPR&D, State/UT-wise detail of cyber crime police stations and
forensic science laboratories/ mobile forensic science vans, as on
01.01.2024 is at Annexure-III & Annexure-IV respectively. The States/UTs
set up cyber police station and digital forensic lab as per requirement.-3-
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As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT wise details of
cases registered and crime rate under Kidnapping and Abduction of
Women (Above 18 years) & Girls (Below 18 years) to compel for marriage
during 2023 is at Annexure-V.
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ANNEXURE-I
L.S. US. Q. NO. 5108 FOR 24.03.2026
State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Crime Rate (CRate) under Cyber Crimes against Women during
2021-23
2021 2022 2023
SL State/UT
CR CRate CR CRate CR CRate
1 Andhra Pradesh 471 1.8 637 2.4 559 2.1
2 Arunachal Pradesh 16 2.1 5 0.7 4 0.5
3 Assam 856 5.0 610 3.5 469 2.7
4 Bihar 56 0.1 84 0.1 644 1.1
5 Chhattisgarh 194 1.3 279 1.9 242 1.6
6 Goa 15 1.9 32 4.1 28 3.6
7 Gujarat 349 1.0 352 1.0 453 1.3
8 Haryana 266 1.9 327 2.3 382 2.7
9 Himachal Pradesh 39 1.1 46 1.3 40 1.1
10 Jharkhand 70 0.4 106 0.6 20 0.1
11 Karnataka 2243 6.8 3904 11.8 7002 21.0
12 Kerala 353 1.9 381 2.1 822 4.4
13 Madhya Pradesh 298 0.7 390 0.9 313 0.7
14 Maharashtra 1697 2.8 2530 4.2 2502 4.1
15 Manipur 39 2.5 13 0.8 6 0.4
16 Meghalaya 21 1.3 27 1.6 29 1.7
17 Mizoram 13 2.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
18 Nagaland 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1
19 Odisha 574 2.5 574 2.5 761 3.3
20 Punjab 179 1.2 194 1.3 127 0.9
21 Rajasthan 297 0.8 498 1.3 521 1.3
22 Sikkim 0 0.0 11 3.4 8 2.4
23 Tamil Nadu 248 0.6 401 1.0 1062 2.8
24 Telangana 883 4.7 1262 6.7 1447 7.6
25 Tripura 1 0.0 4 0.2 14 0.7
26 Uttar Pradesh 958 0.9 1101 1.0 1463 1.3
27 Uttarakhand 183 3.3 161 2.9 144 2.5
28 West Bengal 201 0.4 142 0.3 176 0.4
TOTAL STATE(S) 10521 1.6 14072 2.2 19239 2.9
29 A&N Islands 3 1.6 12 6.3 37 19.4
30 Chandigarh 12 2.2 16 2.8 17 3.0
31 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 4 1.0 5 1.2 3 0.7
32 Delhi 151 1.6 250 2.5 135 1.3
33 Jammu & Kashmir 39 0.6 39 0.6 68 1.0
34 Ladakh 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
35 Lakshadweep 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 3.0
36 Puducherry 0 0.0 15 1.8 10 1.1
TOTAL UT(S) 209 1.1 337 1.8 271 1.4
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 10730 1.6 14409 2.1 19510 2.9
Source: ‘Crime in India’ published by NCRB.
Crime Rate = Cases Registered Per Lakh Population-5-
ANNEXURE-II
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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Crime Rate (CRate) under Cyber Crimes against Children during
2021-23
2021 2022 2023
SL State/UT
CR CRate CR CRate CR CRate
1 Andhra Pradesh 65 0.4 124 0.8 83 0.5
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
3 Assam 136 1.1 100 0.8 40 0.3
4 Bihar 2 0.0 0 0.0 10 0.0
5 Chhattisgarh 88 0.9 118 1.2 193 2.0
6 Goa 3 0.8 3 0.8 10 2.6
7 Gujarat 43 0.2 64 0.3 39 0.2
8 Haryana 5 0.1 38 0.4 36 0.4
9 Himachal Pradesh 7 0.3 5 0.2 4 0.2
10 Jharkhand 6 0.0 6 0.0 0 0.0
11 Karnataka 164 0.8 239 1.2 363 1.9
12 Kerala 163 1.7 182 1.9 443 4.7
13 Madhya Pradesh 45 0.2 176 0.6 43 0.1
14 Maharashtra 168 0.5 178 0.5 31 0.1
15 Manipur 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
16 Meghalaya 3 0.2 2 0.1 7 0.5
17 Mizoram 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.9
18 Nagaland 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1
19 Odisha 48 0.3 48 0.3 69 0.5
20 Punjab 63 0.7 31 0.4 14 0.2
21 Rajasthan 33 0.1 182 0.6 306 1.1
22 Sikkim 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
23 Tamil Nadu 19 0.1 26 0.1 19 0.1
24 Telangana 17 0.1 33 0.3 36 0.3
25 Tripura 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1
26 Uttar Pradesh 101 0.1 118 0.1 34 0.0
27 Uttarakhand 23 0.6 10 0.3 64 1.7
28 West Bengal 5 0.0 2 0.0 3 0.0
TOTAL STATE(S) 1208 0.3 1685 0.4 1853 0.4
29 A&N Islands 2 1.8 6 5.3 23 20.5
30 Chandigarh 0 0.0 1 0.3 5 1.5
31 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 0 0.0 2 1.0 0 0.0
32 Delhi 162 2.9 120 2.2 15 0.3
33 Jammu & Kashmir 4 0.1 5 0.1 3 0.1
34 Ladakh 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
35 Lakshadweep 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
36 Puducherry 0 0.0 4 1.1 3 0.8
TOTAL UT(S) 168 1.5 138 1.2 49 0.4
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 1376 0.3 1823 0.4 1902 0.4
Source: ‘Crime in India’ published by NCRB.
Crime Rate = Cases Registered Per Lakh Population-6-
ANNEXURE-III
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STATE/UT –WISE DETAILS OF CYBER CRIME POLICE STATIONS
Number of Cyber Crime
Sl.No. STATES/UTs
Police Station
1 Andhra Pradesh 3
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1
3 Assam -
4 Bihar 44
5 Chhattisgarh 6
6 Goa 1
7 Gujarat 39
8 Haryana 29
9 Himachal Pradesh 4
10 Jharkhand 7
11 Karnataka 2
12 Kerala 20
13 Madhya Pradesh 1
14 Maharashtra 47
15 Manipur 1
16 Meghalaya 1
17 Mizoram 1
18 Nagaland 1
19 Odisha 15
20 Punjab 2
21 Rajasthan 34
22 Sikkim -
23 Tamil Nadu 54
24 Telangana 13
25 Tripura -
26 Uttar Pradesh 75
27 Uttarakhand 2
28 West Bengal 36
29 A & N Islands 1
30 Chandigarh 1
31 D & N Haveli and Daman & Diu -
32 Delhi 15
33 Jammu and Kashmir 2
34 Ladakh -
35 Lakshadweep -
36 Puducherry 1
TOTAL 459
Source: BPR&D publication “Data on Police Organizations”-7-
ANNEXURE-IV
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DETAILS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES (FSLs)/ MOBILE FORENSIC SCIENCE
VANS AVAILABLE WITH STATES/UTs
Regional FSLs District Mobile
Sl.No. STATES/UTs FSLs
Forensic Units
1 Andhra Pradesh 1 5 109
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 - 6
3 Assam 1 5 -
4 Bihar 1 3 4
5 Chhattisgarh 1 3 7
6 Goa 1 - 2
7 Gujarat 1 7 47
8 Haryana 1 4 17
9 Himachal Pradesh 1 2 3
10 Jharkhand 1 - 24
11 Karnataka 1 7 -
12 Kerala 1 11 19
13 Madhya Pradesh 1 4 50
14 Maharashtra 1 12 45
15 Manipur 1 - 4
16 Meghalaya 1 - 1
17 Mizoram 1 - 1
18 Nagaland 1 - 1
19 Odisha 1 3 36
20 Punjab 1 3 32
21 Rajasthan 1 6 34
22 Sikkim 1 - 1
23 Tamil Nadu 1 10 47
24 Telangana 1 4 -
25 Tripura 1 - 3
26 Uttar Pradesh 1 12 75
27 Uttarakhand 1 1 2
28 West Bengal 1 2 4
29 A & N Islands 1 - 1
30 Delhi 1 1 6
31 Jammu and Kashmir 1 1 23
32 Puducherry 1 - 1
TOTAL 32 106 605
Source: BPR&D publication “Data on Police Organizations”-8-
ANNEXURE-V
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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Crime Rate (CRate) under Kidnapping and Abduction of Women (Above
18 years) & Girls (Below 18 years) to compel for marriage during 2023
2023
SL State/UT Women Girls
CR CRate CR CRate
1 Andhra Pradesh 58 0.2 74 0.3
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 0.3 1 0.1
3 Assam 1000 5.7 371 2.1
4 Bihar 4534 7.4 4933 8.1
5 Chhattisgarh 1 0.0 76 0.5
6 Goa 0 0.0 0 0.0
7 Gujarat 43 0.1 524 1.5
8 Haryana 656 4.6 312 2.2
9 Himachal Pradesh 13 0.4 131 3.6
10 Jharkhand 620 3.2 155 0.8
11 Karnataka 21 0.1 8 0.0
12 Kerala 15 0.1 24 0.1
13 Madhya Pradesh 51 0.1 1622 3.9
14 Maharashtra 47 0.1 91 0.1
15 Manipur 7 0.4 5 0.3
16 Meghalaya 3 0.2 3 0.2
17 Mizoram 0 0.0 0 0.0
18 Nagaland 0 0.0 0 0.0
19 Odisha 4 0.0 60 0.3
20 Punjab 105 0.7 1278 8.7
21 Rajasthan 884 2.2 662 1.7
22 Sikkim 0 0.0 1 0.3
23 Tamil Nadu 92 0.2 101 0.3
24 Telangana 97 0.5 123 0.6
25 Tripura 8 0.4 21 1.0
26 Uttar Pradesh 6978 6.2 3649 3.2
27 Uttarakhand 79 1.4 3 0.1
28 West Bengal 125 0.3 390 0.8
TOTAL STATE(S) 15443 2.3 14618 2.2
29 A&N Islands 0 0.0 0 0.0
30 Chandigarh 0 0.0 9 1.6
31 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 0 0.0 0 0.0
32 Delhi 0 0.0 0 0.0
33 Jammu & Kashmir 416 6.4 10 0.2
34 Ladakh 0 0.0 0 0.0
35 Lakshadweep 0 0.0 0 0.0
36 Puducherry 0 0.0 0 0.0
TOTAL UT(S) 416 2.2 19 0.1
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 15859 2.3 14637 2.2
Source: ‘Crime in India’ published by NCRB.
Crime Rate = Cases Registered Per Lakh Population
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