Crimes against Scheduled Castes recorded, NCRB 2024
Madhya Pradesh registered 68.5 cases per lakh Scheduled Caste people, Rajasthan 57.3 and Bihar 45.6, against 27.7 for India. West Bengal registered 0.5, with 116 cases among 214.6 lakh Scheduled Caste people, and Tripura none.
Policy implication
The map counts registrations. A low figure can mean few atrocities or few that reach a police station and get recorded under the SC/ST Act, so a state with a very low rate has not shown that it is safer. Ten states and territories with under 1 lakh Scheduled Caste people are left grey because one case would swing their rate by more than 100.
The map counts registrations. A low figure can mean few atrocities or few that reach a police station and get recorded under the SC/ST Act, so a state with a very low rate has not shown that it is safer. Ten states and territories with under 1 lakh Scheduled Caste people are left grey because one case would swing their rate by more than 100.
Data vintage. The figures are for 2024 and have not been refreshed since this map was made.
Source: NCRB (Crime in India 2024) (2024). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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