Crime against women increases by 40% in two years; conviction rate remains poor in Bengaluru: NCRB data

Bengaluru saw the lowest chargesheeting rate for kidnapping cases in 2023.

With 1,203 recorded cases of abduction recorded in Bengaluru in 2023, the city registered a chargesheet rate of 3.8 per cent, the lowest in the country compared to other metropolitan cities, as per the NCRB report for 2023.

Data further shows that Karnataka recorded a kidnapping and abduction rate of 5.5 per cent, and a chargesheeting rate of 6.9 per cent — one of the lowest in the country, second only to Sikkim at 2.4 per cent.

In comparison, South Indian states like Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala saw a chargesheeting rate of 39.7 per cent, 33.7 per cent, 69.6 per cent, and 93.5 per cent respectively.

Bengaluru, despite seeing a 13.6 per cent rate of abduction and kidnapping, saw a charge-sheeting rate of only 3.8 per cent. Mumbai recorded a charge sheeting rate of 7.4 per cent, while Delhi city, Hyderabad, and Kolkata recorded rates of 6.6 per cent, 17.4 per cent, and 100 per cent respectively.

Of the 1,203 recorded cases, a whopping 1,139 victims were children —23 below six years, 17 aged between 6 to 12 years, 487 aged between 12 to 16 years, and 558 aged between 16 to 18 years. Of the recorded victims, 771 were females and 368 were males.

Of the remaining 64 adult victims, 49 were male and 15 female. The report stated that no cases of kidnapping and abduction involving transgender adults were recorded in 2023.

As per the report, 1,112 victims of kidnapping and abduction had been recovered, 1,310 victims were missing, of which 854 are female victims.