Executive Summary:
This document presents the Ministry of Home Affairs' response to questions regarding cybercrime in Delhi. It provides data on cybercrimes registered across India, including Delhi, and details the financial losses reported due to cyber fraud. It also outlines steps taken by the Central Government and Delhi Police to strengthen the system and protect citizens, particularly women, from cybercrime.
Key Points / Main Content:
Data on Cybercrime:
* The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes statistical data on crimes, including cybercrimes, in its annual "Crime in India" report.
* Annexure A provides details of cybercrimes registered in all States and UTs from 2020 to 2022, as per the NCRB's 2022 report.
Financial Losses Due to Cyber Fraud:
* The NCRB does not maintain data on the amount lost due to cybercrimes.
* Annexure B details cyber financial fraud cases registered by Delhi Police and the amount lost in these cases over the last 11 years.
Government Initiatives:
* The Central Government has taken steps to strengthen the mechanism to deal with cybercrimes, including:
* Setting up the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C).
* Launching the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP).
* Launching The Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS).
* Establishing a Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) and a National Cyber Forensic Laboratory.
* Developing the CyTrain portal for online cybercrime training.
* The Ministry of Home Affairs provides financial assistance to States/UTs under the Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme for capacity building.
* Cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs.
Delhi Police Initiatives:
* Delhi Police has set up the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit to investigate complex cybercrime cases.
* One Cyber Police Station in each of the fifteen Districts of Delhi Police has become functional since 2022.
* Help desks at all police stations are equipped to assist women affected by cybercrimes.
* A specialized Special Police Unit for Women and Children (SPUWAC) is functioning in Delhi Police.
Impact Analysis:
Citizens:
* Impact: Citizens are vulnerable to financial losses and other harms due to cybercrime. The initiatives aim to protect them, especially women, from such instances.
* Action Required: Utilize the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) to report incidents of cybercrime.
State/UT Governments:
* Impact: The CCPWC scheme provides financial assistance for capacity building in cybercrime prevention.
* Action Required: Utilize available funds to set up cyber forensic labs, hire consultants, and train law enforcement and judicial personnel.
Delhi Police:
* Impact: Responsible for investigating cybercrime cases and assisting victims, especially women.
* Action Required: Continue to strengthen cybercrime investigation capabilities through specialized units and training. Utilize help desks to assist women affected by cybercrimes.
Key Entities Referenced
Delhi: A city and union territory in India, identified as a hotspot of cybercrime in the document.
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB): Indian government agency responsible for collecting and publishing crime statistics, including cybercrime data.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C): Central Government initiative to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP): Online portal (https:cybercrime.gov.in) launched to report cybercrimes.
The Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS): System launched for reporting and managing financial cyber fraud.
Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme: Scheme by the Ministry of Home Affairs providing financial assistance to States/UTs for capacity building in cybercrime prevention.
Constitution of India: The supreme law of India, which designates Police and Public Order as State subjects.
Andhra Pradesh: A state in India that provided cybercrime statistics to NCRB.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3867
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12TH AUGUST, 2025/ SRAVANA 21, 1947 (SAKA)
CYBERCRIME IN DELHI
3867. SMT. D K ARUNA:
SHRI EATALA RAJENDER:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether in a city such as Delhi, navigating the online world comes with
myriad challenges in the digital world and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the benefits of digital payments, social media and internet
banking are coupled with increasing incidents of cybercrime and it has
emerges as one of the most critical and pressing concerns across the
country over the last few years;
(c) whether Delhi has emerged as a hotspot of cybercrime;
(d) whether Delhi residents have lost crores of rupees during the last
eleven years due to cybercrime, if so, the details thereof including
comparison with other States;
(e) whether structural gaps continue to exist despite the intensity and
seriousness of the issue; and
(f) if so, the details thereof and corrective steps being taken to strengthen
the system to address this issue particularly to protect women from such
instances?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI NITYANAND RAI)
(a) to (c): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and
publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication “Crime in-2-
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India”. As per the data published by the NCRB in its latest report for the
year 2022, the details of cyber crimes registered in all States and UTs
during the period from 2020 to 2022, is given at the Annexure-A.
(d): NCRB does not maintain the data relating to the amount lost due to
cyber crimes. However, as per the inputs received from Delhi Police, the
details of cyber financial fraud cases registered by Delhi Police and the
amount lost therein during the last 11 years, is at Annexure-B.
(e) & (f): ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects as per the Seventh
Schedule of the Constitution of India. However, to strengthen the
mechanism to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated
manner, the Central Government has taken various steps which, inter-alia,
include; setting up the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’ (I4C) to
deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country; launch of the ‘National
Cyber Crime Reporting Portal’ (NCRP) (https://cybercrime.gov.in); launch of
The ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System’
(CFCFRMS); establishment of a State of the Art, Cyber Fraud
Mitigation Centre (CFMC); establishment of the state of the art ‘National
Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation)’; development of the Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform, namely ‘CyTrain’ portal, etc.-3-
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Further, the Ministry of Home Affairs provides financial assistance under
the ‘Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC)’
Scheme, to the States/UTs for their capacity building such as setting up of
cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories, hiring of junior cyber consultants
and training of LEAs’ personnel, public prosecutors and judicial officers.
Cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 33
States/UTs.
In addition, Delhi Police has set up IFSO (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic
Operations) equipped with latest equipment & software to investigate
complex and sensitive cases of cyber-crimes. Besides, one Cyber Police
Station in each of the fifteen Districts of Delhi Police has become
functional since 2022 to deal with Cyber Crime related cases in Delhi. Help
desks at all police stations are equipped to assist women affected by
cybercrimes. A specialized Unit SPUWAC (Special Police Unit for Women
and Children) is also functioning in Delhi Police to handle such cases with
sensitivity and urgency.
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ANNEXURE-A
Extracts from NCRB’s Crime in India 2022 report
Mid-Year
RateofTotal Chargesheeti
Projected
SL State/UT 2020 2021 2022 CyberCrimes ng Rate
Population(in
(2022) (2022)
Lakhs)
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
STATES:
1AndhraPradesh 1899 1875 2341 530.3 4.4 16.8
2 ArunachalPradesh 30 47 14 15.5 0.9 50.0
3 Assam 3530 4846 1733 354.9 4.9 14.0
4 Bihar 1512 1413 1621 1255.3 1.3 69.3
5 Chhattisgarh 297 352 439 299.5 1.5 78.8
6 Goa 40 36 90 15.7 5.7 37.5
7 Gujarat 1283 1536 1417 709.3 2.0 62.9
8 Haryana 656 622 681 299.7 2.3 58.0
9 HimachalPradesh 98 70 77 74.4 1.0 62.3
10 Jharkhand 1204 953 967 391.4 2.5 63.6
11 Karnataka 10741 8136 12556 674.1 18.6 21.1
12 Kerala 426 626 773 356.8 2.2 58.4
13 MadhyaPradesh 699 589 826 858.9 1.0 85.2
14 Maharashtra 5496 5562 8249 1257.4 6.6 30.5
15 Manipur 79 67 18 32.0 0.6 0.0
16 Meghalaya 142 107 75 33.3 2.3 6.1
17 Mizoram 13 30 1 12.3 0.1 0.0
18 Nagaland 8 8 4 22.2 0.2 10.0
19 Odisha 1931 2037 1983 460.8 4.3 11.4
20 Punjab 378 551 697 306.0 2.3 58.8
21 Rajasthan 1354 1504 1833 804.4 2.3 40.5
22 Sikkim 0 0 26 6.8 3.8 -
23 TamilNadu 782 1076 2082 767.1 2.7 69.8
24 Telangana 5024 10303 15297 379.5 40.3 17.1
25 Tripura 34 24 30 41.2 0.7 22.5
26 UttarPradesh 11097 8829 10117 2340.9 4.3 45.3
27 Uttarakhand 243 718 559 115.6 4.8 24.3
28 WestBengal 712 513 401 987.6 0.4 73.0
TOTALSTATE(S) 49708 52430 64907 13403.0 4.8 29.3
UNIONTERRITORIES:
29A&NIslands 5 8 28 4.0 7.0 63.6
30 Chandigarh 17 15 27 12.2 2.2 42.1
D&NHaveliand
31 3 5 5 12.0 0.4 71.4
Daman& Diu
32 Delhi 168 356 685 211.0 3.2 89.3
33 Jammu&Kashmir 120 154 173 135.4 1.3 43.1
34 Ladakh 1 5 3 3.0 1.0 0.0
35 Lakshadweep 3 1 1 0.7 1.4 0.0
36 Puducherry 10 0 64 16.2 3.9 72.7
TOTALUT(S) 327 544 986 394.5 2.5 70.0
TOTALALLINDIA 50035 52974 65893 13797.5 4.8 29.6
+ Crime Rate is calculated as Crime per one lakh of population. Table 9A.1 page 1 of 1
• Population Source: Report of Technical group on Population Projections (July, 2020) National Commission on Population, MoHFW
• As per data provided by States/UTs
• States/UTs may not be compared purely on the basis of crime figures# Clarifications are pending from Nagaland.ANNEXURE-B
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Details of cyber financial fraud cases registered by the Delhi Police
during last eleven years
Year Number of Amount lost
cyber financial (in Rs.)
fraud cases
registered
2014 226 2,63,78,826
2015 712 6,39,70,233
2016 550 8,00,00,048
2017 454 7,39,01,796
2018 451 7,34,02,732
2019 795 26,17,38,262
2020 1687 35,29,91,030
2021 1630 91,03,84,256
2022 1545 2,31,23,50,148
2023 1347 1,83,56,26,648
2024 1591 8,17,64,85,471
2025 184 70,64,80,624
(Up to 30.06.2025)
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