No. of Cases of Rape and Assault on Women show an Increasing Trend During 2011-13

The Number of cases registered for rape, assault on women with intend to outrage her modesty and insult to the modesty of Women has shown an increasing trend between the year 2011-13. As per the provisional data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) which is available up to 2013, the number of such cases registered in 2013 were 117035 in 2013, 79447 in 2012 and 75744 in 2011. In 2013, the highest number of such cases reported were in Maharastra (13827) followed by Madhya Pradesh (13323) and Andhra Pradesh (13267).