Its Official: Home Ain’t A Woman’s Place, Proves NCRB Data

“Cruelty by husband and relatives” tops the cases of crimes against women in India A third of all cases of Crimes against women in India are registered under this category Cruelty by husband or his relatives accounted for nearly 17,000 cases in West Bengal, the highest in India Crimes against women in India are on the rise Between 2016 and 2017, crimes against women were up 6% Source: NCRB / Crime in India 2017 Over 0.3 million crimes against women were recorded across India in 2017 3,59,849 incidents/ Source NCRB Most crimes against women, over 56011 were reported from Uttar Pradesh Source: NCRB / Crime in India 2017 Its among India's poorest and most populous states But when it comes to rate of crime against women, Assam fares the worst, with a crime rate of 144 per lakh population Source: NCRB / Crime in India 2017 Cruelty by husband and relatives tops the list of crimes recorded against women Other categories with highest registered cases are Assault w