Crimes against women drop in 2020 but rule violations spike in Covid-hit year: NCRB
India Today
According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, Covid-hit 2020 saw crimes against women dropping across India but the year also saw an increase in rule violation cases due to violations of Covid-19 norms.
Pandemic-hit 2020 saw crimes against women dropping across India, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on Wednesday. Still, the NCRB data showed 77 rape cases were reported across India on an average every day in 2020.
The number of rape cases in 2020 was recorded at 28,046. Overall, 3,71,503 cases of crime against women were recorded in 2020, according to the NCRB data. This marked a decline in the number of cases of crime against women from 4,05,326 in 2019 and 3,78,236 the previous year.
