India – Select Rape Statistics

Today, I will just be providing some select rape statistics of certain states of India. I will let the readers analyze the data.

State	Year	Cases Reported	Frivolous Cases	%   of Frivolous Cases (as a % of reported cases)	Decadal Growth / (Reduction) in reported cases
West Bengal	2001	709	518	73.1%	226.0%
	2010	2311	595	25.7%
Assam	2001	817	389	47.6%	110.6%
	2010	1721	622	36.1%
Karnataka	2001	293	190	64.8%	100.0%
	2010	586	316	53.9%
Punjab	2001	298	204	68.5%	83.2%
	2010	546	386	70.7%
Haryana	2001	398	346	86.9%	80.9%
	2010	720	442	61.4%
Tamil Nadu	2001	423	204	48.2%	62.2%
	2010	686	363	52.9%
Rajasthan	2001	1049	1033	98.5%	49.8%
	2010	1571	1020	64.9%
Andhra Pradesh	2001	871	845	97.0%	56.4%
	2010	1362	988	72.5%
Gujarat	2001	286	168	58.7%	42.7%
	2010	408	160	39.2%
Delhi	2001	381	81	21.3%	33.1%
	2010	507	281	55.4%
Odisha	2001	790	449	56.8%	29.7%
	2010	1025	598	58.3%
Maharashtra	2001	1302	764	58.7%	22.8%
	2010	1599	934	58.4%
Bihar	2001	888	511	57.5%	-10.5%
	2010	795	746	93.8%
Uttar Pradesh	2001	1958	852	43.5%	-20.2%
	2010	1563	959	61.4%

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‘Frivolous Cases’ mean sum of a) Cases Declared False on Account of Mistake of Fact or of Law, b) Cases not Investigated or in which investigation was refused, c) Cases Withdrawn by the Govt., d) Cases withdrawn by the Govt. during investigation, e) Cases Compounded or Withdrawn and f) Cases Acquitted or Discharged during the year.

Data Source: NCRB Software for analysis Crime Info