India recorded an average of 87 rape cases every day in 2019 and 4,05,861 cases of crimes against women during the year -shows the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau. The country had recorded 3,78,236 cases of crimes against women in 2018, data shows. In 2018, 33,356 rapes were recorded across the country, up from 32,559 in 2017, according to the data from corresponding years. "Majority of these cases under the Indian Penal Code were registered under 'cruelty by husband or his relatives' (30.9 %) followed by 'Assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty' (21.8 %), 'kidnapping and abduction of women' (17.9 %)," the NCRB data for 2019 showed. Not only women, but the figures collated by NCRB also indicate an upward trend in cases linked to crimes against children. A total of 1.48 lakh cases of crime against children were registered in 2019, of which 46.6 % were cases of kidnapping and 35.3 % cases were related to sexual offenses.
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