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2023 NCRB data: Murder, rape fall, cybercrimes rise

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September 30, 2025

A crime in India was committed every five seconds in 2023 and the total number of crimes swelled 7.2% from the previous year to 6.24 million, government data said on Monday, underlining that dangerous crimes such as murder or rape declined even as forgery, cheating, fraud, rash driving and cyber crimes ballooned.

- Abhishek Jha

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released Crime in India 2023 on Monday evening after a gap of two years.

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