The City beautiful has been ranked second among seven Union Territories (UTs) in crimes against women and children, according to the figures released by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) for the year 2012. Delhi holds the first rank with highest number of crimes.
The NCRB figure reports that Chandigarh stands as second most unsafe UT in India for crime against women and children, while Delhi has been ranked on top and Pondicherry on the third number.
Figures released by NCRB states that City recorded 241 cases of crime against women in 2012, in Delhi the number was 5959. Out of the 241 cases registered at different police stations in the city, 66 cases were of kidnapping and abduction, 45 cases of physical attack on women with an intention to outrage their modesty, 27 cases of rape, 25 cases of sexual harassment, 5 cases of dowry deaths, while total 73 % cases were registered of cruelty by husbands or his relatives.
Out of the 27 rape cases, 26 victims were below the age of 30 years. 8 of them were under the age of 10 years, 7 were in age group of 10 to 14 years, 3 in age group of 14 to 18 years and 8 victims in age group of 18 to 30 years. The NCRB report also reveals that 16 victims were raped by their neighbours, 6 of them were raped by their relatives, 4 by close family members and 1 was raped by a person known to victim.
Till June 20th this year, over 56 girls have been abducted below 18 year, 15 cases with above 18 year girls are registered. A total of 16 rape cases with minor girls have also been registered. 12 cases under Protection of Child from sexual Offence Act 2012 are also added in the list. Going by the crimes records against Children, Delhi topping again had 4462 cases registered in 2012, Chandigarh again on the second number had a total number of 96 cases registered.