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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Conviction Rate for Crimes Against Women Hits Record Low -Chaitanya Mallapur

Conviction Rate for Crimes Against Women Hits Record Low -Chaitanya Mallapur

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published Published on Dec 14, 2017   modified Modified on Dec 14, 2017
-TheWire.in

While the NCRB data have shown a substantial rise in crimes against women, activists say there has been an increase in reporting rather than the rate of crime.

As many as 39 crimes against women were reported every hour in India, up from 21 in 2007, according to Crime in India 2016 report by NCRB.

The rate of crime against women – crimes per 100,000 female population – was 55.2 in 2016, up from 41.7 in 2012.

“Cruelty by husband or his relatives” was the most reported crime against women, accounting for 33% of all crimes in 2016. Rape accounted for 11% of all crimes against women with 38,947 cases reported in 2016, or four every hour.

The year 2016 saw the lowest conviction rate (18.9%) – percentage of cases convicted to cases in which trials were completed by the courts – for crimes against women in a decade.

As many as 2.5 million crimes against women have been reported in India over the last decade. Reported cases of crime against women increased 83% from 185,312 in 2007 to 338,954 in 2016.

“More than the increase in crime rate, it is increase in reporting,” Flavia Agnes, women’s rights lawyer and co-founder of Majlis, a non-profit that provides legal services to women and children, told IndiaSpend.

“There are no mechanisms to analyse such events,” said Agnes. “I feel that due to media pressure on certain brutally violent incidents, there is greater awareness, and women are coming forward to report crimes.”

Delhi reported highest crime rate against women

The union territory of Delhi reported the highest crime rate – 160.4 against the national average of 55.2. Delhi was followed by Assam (131.3), Odisha (84.5), Telangana (83.7) and Rajasthan (78.3).

Uttar Pradesh – India’s most populous state – reported the most (15%) crimes against women in 2016 – 49,262, or six every hour. UP was followed by West Bengal (32,513), Maharashtra (31,388), Rajasthan (27,422) and Madhya Pradesh (26,604).

As many as 13,803 crimes against women were reported in Delhi city, or 38 every day, topping the list among 19 cities with populations more than 2 million in 2016, IndiaSpend reported on December 1, 2017.

Delhi city had the worst crime rate, 182.1 crimes per 100,000 women, against the national average of 77.2.

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TheWire.in, 14 December, 2017, https://thewire.in/204644/conviction-rate-crimes-women-hits-record-low/


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