Crime in 2010 has increased by 4.9 per cent compared to 2009. In 2010 a total of 22,24,831 crimes were reported under Indian Penal Code against 21,21,345 cases in the year 2009. Murder cases during the year 2010 (33,335) went up by 3 per cent as compared to 2009 (32,369).

This has been revealed in the “Crime in India 2010”, a publication brought out by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), New Delhi. The publication was recently released by the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the presence of N.K. Tripathi, Director General, NCRB and B. Bhamathi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. This report is widely referred by policymakers, police personnel, researchers, NGOs, media persons and other stake holders.

“Crime in India 2010” throws light on the crime scenario in the country for the year 2010. Cases under the following heads shown an increasing trend in the year 2010 compared to 2009 - Attempt to commit murder increased by 1.3 per cent, rape cases by 3.6 per cent, kidnapping and abduction cases by 13.5 per cent, robbery cases by 4.4 per cent and dowry deaths by 0.1 per cent. Crime against women during 2010 (2,13,585) has gone up by 4.8 per cent compared to 2009 (2,03,804). Crime against children has also gone up by 10.3 per cent in 2010 (26,694) compared to 2009 (24,201).

Crime against scheduled castes declined by 2.6 per cent in 2010 (32,712) compared to 2009 (33,594). Crime against scheduled tribes during 2010 (5,885) has shown an increase of 8.5 per cent as compared to 5,425 cases in 2009.