Crime Statistics
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In charts: Crime has risen in poll-bound UP, Uttarakhand, Goa and Punjab in the last five years
Among the five states going to elections next month, Manipur is the only one to register a decline in total incidents of crime.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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In just four years, crimes against women increased in Uttar Pradesh by over 66%
Registered cases of crimes against women have consistently risen nationwide since 2015, according to a 2019 report.
Devyani Srivastava, IndiaSpend.com
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Fact check: Did child rape cases increase in India by 82% in just one year?
The actual rise in crime was 1%.
Arpit Gupta, FactChecker.in
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UP, Punjab and Goa now have fewer MLAs with criminal records – but more with serious charges
About 27.8% of newly elected MLAs in the five states that went to polls this year have criminal records.
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
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Modi and Shah are wrong: Several states have higher crime rates than UP (including BJP-ruled ones)
NCRB data does not bear out the leaders' claim of lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh.
Manoj K, Factchecker.in
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Bihar's police force struggles as crimes against vulnerable communities soar
Over the past decade, crimes against children in the state have risen 20-fold and the crimes against women have more than doubled.
Ravi Kiran, IndiaSpend.com
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Murder, rape, theft, kidnapping: Delhi is the most unsafe city in India and it's getting worse
Murder, rape, theft, kidnapping – Delhi is the most unsafe city in India and it's getting worse.
Sahil Bhalla
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Ludhiana police recovered more goods than were stolen in 2012
The Lakshadweep police, however, managed to recover absolutely nothing the previous year. Truly, we are a diverse country.
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