Mumbai city has registered one of the highest number of FIRs when it comes to crimes against women among major Indian metropolitan cities, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) ‘Crime in India 2024’ report. Mumbai was second only to Delhi city when it came to crimes against women.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra was among the top states when it came to sexual offences against minors, economic and cyber offences, the data reveals.
In its preamble titled ‘Crime statistics – a word of caution’, the NCRB states, “The primary presumption that the upward swing in police data indicates an increase in crime and thus a reflection of the ineffectiveness of the police is fallacious. ‘Rise in crime’ and ‘increase in registration of crime by police’ are clearly two different things, a fact which requires better understanding.”
“Increase in crime numbers in a state police data may in fact be on account of certain citizen centric police initiatives, like launching of e-FIR facility or women helpdesks, etc,” it adds.
Crimes against women
The report reveals that Mumbai registered 6,358 cases of crimes against women in 2024, the highest among the 19 metropolitan cities with a population of over two million. Mumbai city was second only to Delhi city that had 13,396 cases that topped the country. As compared to Mumbai, other major hubs in the state like Pune recorded 2,631 cases, and Nagpur recorded 1,513 cases.
In comparison among states, Maharashtra was second in terms of offences registered in cases related to crimes against women at 47,954 cases while Uttar Pradesh with 66,398 cases topped the list. However, in terms of the crime rates – percentage of crime as compared to population – Telangana was at 128.6 per cent.
Crimes against children
When comparing states and Union Territories, Maharashtra had the highest number — 24,171 cases — of cases registered related to crimes against children followed by UP at 22,222 cases.
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When it came to cities, Mumbai was second with 3,374 cases of crimes against children reported during 2024 which was second only after Delhi that had 7,662 such cases registered.
Corruption cases
Maharashtra registered most cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act which are mainly cases registered by the Anti Corruption Bureau with 721 cases registered with Tamil Nadu being a distant second with 364 cases being registered. Majority of these were traps where an official is caught red handed accepting a bribe with 683 instances of trap cases being registered in the state; Rajasthan was a distant second with 245 cases being registered.
Economic offences
Mumbai topped the list when it came to economic offences with 7,771 cases registered in 2024 which was more than any of the other 19 urban centres across the country. Majority of these offences included criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating and fraud.
Maharashtra has emerged as one of the top three states when it comes to economic offences including forgery, cheating, and fraud being registered with the total state-wide figure standing at 20,083, behind Telangana with 39,127 and Rajasthan with 27,637 cases.
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Cyber crimes
When it came to cyber crimes, the state was fourth with 9,922 cases being registered across the state while in terms of cities Bengaluru topped with 17,561 cases being registered followed by Mumbai where 4,939 cases were registered.
Senior citizens
Maharashtra continues to be among the states that had a high number of offences registered related to crimes against senior citizens. The state recorded 4,918 cases, which was second only to Madhya Pradesh with 5,875 cases related to crimes against senior citizens registered.
In terms of cities, Mumbai was second with 791 cases being registered second after Delhi which had 1,267 cases being registered
Deaths in police custody
When it came to deaths in police custody, Maharashtra with 10 cases was second while Gujarat topped with 17 cases.
