ET Graphics: Economic crimes on the rise in Indian metro cities, check where your city stands
Economic offences in Indian metropolitan cities surged by 30.9% to 41,220 cases in 2023, with forgery, cheating, and fraud dominating nearly 90% of incidents. Most cases involved losses between ₹1-10 lakh, and Mumbai reported the highest number o...
Economic offences emerge as a growing concern in India’s metropolitan cities, with the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) showing a 30.9% jump to 41,220 cases in 2023 from 31,501 in 2018. Most offences involved losses between `1-10 lakh, though frauds worth crores were not uncommon.
The crime rate in cities stood at 36.1 per lakh population in 2023. Nearly 9 in 10 cases involve forgery, cheating, and fraud. While the number of cases have increased in recent years, court disposals have slightly eased pendency.
Cities reported around113 economic crimesdaily on average in2023, up from 86 in2018
About 20%of economiccrimes arereportedfrom cities
Majority of cases in cities involved loss of `1-10 lakh
Forgery, cheating and fraud cases
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