By PTI Oct 21, 2019 11:02:33 PM IST (Updated)
Over 50 lakh cases of cognisable crimes were registered across the country in 2017 -- an increase of 3.6 per cent from 2016 when 48 lakh FIRs were lodged, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on Monday.
Over 50 lakh cases of cognisable crimes were registered across the country in 2017 -- an increase of 3.6 per cent from 2016 when 48 lakh FIRs were lodged, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on Monday.
The annual crime data for 2017 has been released after a delay of more than a year.
Murder cases registered a decline of 5.9 percent in 2017. As many as 28,653 killings were recorded in 2017, down from 30,450 in 2016, the NCRB report said.