Rise in cybercrime but overall crime rate dropped in 2024, says latest NCRB report
The overall crime rate in India declined in 2024 compared with 2023 but there was an increase of over 17% in cybercrime cases, according to the Crime in India 2024 report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Wednesday (May 6, 2026). A total of 1,01,928 cases were registered under cybercrimes in 2024 over 86,420 such cases in…
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