India reports a crime every 17 seconds, according to the National Crime Records Bureau's unique ‘crime clock'.
According to 'Crime Clock-2005', which tracked criminal activities over the last year, the country reported one molestation every 15 minutes; one crime against women every 3 minutes; one dowry death every 77 minutes; one rape every 29 minutes; one murder every 16 minutes; one riot every 9 minutes; one arson every 60 minutes; one dacoity every 120 minutes and one sexual harassment case every 53 minutes.
The clock has also listed cheating (one every 10 minutes), theft (one every 2 minutes), robbery (one every 30 minutes), crime against Scheduled Tribe (one every 92 minutes) and cruelty by husband and relatives (one every 9 minutes) as other crimes which figured during 2005.
Among the crimes listed by the crime bureau, rape, molestation, sexual harassment, murder and dowry deaths were reported more frequently than dacoity, arson or counterfeiting. In 2005, the country reported 50, 26,337 crimes, including 18, 22,602 relating to offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The Indian Penal Code category crimes include murder, kidnapping, hurt, attempt to murder, riots, arson and violence against women and children, among others. The other types of crimes are classified under special and local laws, dealing with Arms Act, Forest Act, Excise Act, Railways Act, Copyright Act and others.
The 'crime clock' of the National Crime Records Bureau lists only those crimes which come under Indian Penal Code.
The National Crime Records Bureau compiled the crime figures after receiving statistics from all states and Union Territories.
A National Crime Records Bureau official said the figures could be much higher as only those crimes which were reported to the police were listed on the clock.;
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According to 'Crime Clock-2005', which tracked criminal activities over the last year, the country reported one molestation every 15 minutes; one crime against women every 3 minutes; one dowry death every 77 minutes; one rape every 29 minutes; one murder every 16 minutes; one riot every 9 minutes; one arson every 60 minutes; one dacoity every 120 minutes and one sexual harassment case every 53 minutes.
The clock has also listed cheating (one every 10 minutes), theft (one every 2 minutes), robbery (one every 30 minutes), crime against Scheduled Tribe (one every 92 minutes) and cruelty by husband and relatives (one every 9 minutes) as other crimes which figured during 2005.
Among the crimes listed by the crime bureau, rape, molestation, sexual harassment, murder and dowry deaths were reported more frequently than dacoity, arson or counterfeiting. In 2005, the country reported 50, 26,337 crimes, including 18, 22,602 relating to offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The Indian Penal Code category crimes include murder, kidnapping, hurt, attempt to murder, riots, arson and violence against women and children, among others. The other types of crimes are classified under special and local laws, dealing with Arms Act, Forest Act, Excise Act, Railways Act, Copyright Act and others.
The 'crime clock' of the National Crime Records Bureau lists only those crimes which come under Indian Penal Code.
The National Crime Records Bureau compiled the crime figures after receiving statistics from all states and Union Territories.
A National Crime Records Bureau official said the figures could be much higher as only those crimes which were reported to the police were listed on the clock.;
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1945427.cms
