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Cyber crime stays an issue for residents and the police. In retaining with an almost decade-long development, Bengaluru once again recorded the most variety of cyber crime circumstances – 10,668 in 2019 – amongst all the metros in India.
Crimes in Bengaluru appear to have adopted developments noticed in earlier years, with the metropolis recording the third highest variety of crimes in most classes after Delhi and Mumbai. The crime price in Bengaluru for the yr 2019 noticed a marginal improve when in comparison with 2018, as per information launched by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
While the crime price was 470.4 per lakh of inhabitants in 2018, it went as much as 492.5 for 2019. The variety of circumstances registered has additionally seen a slight improve.
Second highest variety of murders
The metropolis recorded the second-highest variety of murders (210), behind Delhi. The country’s capital recorded 505 murders final yr.
A senior police official mentioned that of the 210 homicide victims in Bengaluru, 106 had been killed due to private enmity, six had been for acquire and one was associated to gang wars.
Bengaluru tops the nation in try to homicide and kidnap circumstances. Among 1,073 kidnap circumstances, most had been associated to minors’ elopement, police mentioned. The metropolis reported 35 kidnappings for ransom, highest for any metro metropolis in the country.
The metropolis has the third-highest theft circumstances.
There was a slight improve in crimes towards girls from 84.4 per lakh inhabitants in 2018 to 85.9 in 2019. There were143 rape circumstances and 40 dowry deaths in Bengaluru in 2019.
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