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Highlights of Current Affairs 09 May 2026
- NCRB’s Crime in India 2024 report is the first to include offences registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) alongside IPC data.
- India recorded 58.86 lakh cognisable crimes in 2024, with total crime declining by 6% compared to 2023.
- Crime rate dropped to 418.9 per lakh population, the lowest level since 2019.
- Cybercrime cases increased by 17.9%, crossing 1 lakh cases for the first time, with financial fraud forming over 72% of cases.
- Economic offences rose by 4.6%, and nearly 90% involved cheating, forgery, or fraud.
- Juvenile crime increased by 11.2%, with 77% of offenders belonging to the 16–18 years age group; Delhi recorded the highest juvenile crime rate.
- Crimes against women declined slightly by 1.5%, while cruelty by husband or relatives remained the largest category.
- Crimes against children rose by around 6%, mainly involving kidnapping and abduction cases.
- Crimes against senior citizens surged by 16.9%, with theft and fraud emerging as the major offences.
- Suicide cases remained around 1.7 lakh, and daily wage workers accounted for nearly 31% of total suicides in India.
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