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8.5K crimes against children in Odisha: NCRB

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October 02, 2025

ODISHA continues to witness a higher incidence of crimes against children, a majority of whom are reported to have either gone missing or kidnapped.

- DIANA SAHU @Bhubaneswar

The state saw 8,577 crimes against children in 2023, up from 8,240 cases in 2022 and 7,899 cases in 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)-2023 report released on Monday.

Kidnapping was the highest recorded crime, with 5,978 IPC cases reported that year involving 5,979 children, at a rate of 41.5 per one lakh kids population. Over 5,905 of these were general abductions, including 5,871 instances where the missing children were deemed kidnapped. Sixty minor girls were kidnapped to be compelled for marriage.

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