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Delhi tops metro cities in juvenile crime: NCRB
Hindustan Times
|October 01, 2025
DELHI TOPS THE LIST, EVEN AS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JUVENILE CRIMES SLIGHTLY DROPPED ~ FROM 2,336 IN’22 TO 2,278 IN 2023
Despite its smaller population, Delhi now ranks fifth nationwide in crimes committed by minors, outpacing more populous states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Haryana, with minors in the national capital increasingly turning to organised crime, data shared by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed.
In 2022, the Capital had stood sixth on the list. But in 2023, among the country's 19 metropolitan cities, Delhi tops the list, even as the total number of juvenile crimesin the city slightly dropped ~ from 2,618 in 2021 and 2,336 in 2022 to 2,278 in 2023. The data also showed that Delhi topped the country in terms of rate of juvenile crime at 41.1%.
This story is from the October 01, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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