Tripura recorded an overall decline in crime in 2024, driven by sharp falls in kidnapping, offences against women, and atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The state logged 4,033 cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Special & Local Laws (SLL) in 2024, down from 5,002 in 2023 and 4,532 in 2022. Tripura’s charge-sheeting rate also improved to 79.7 per cent in 2024, signalling stronger investigation and prosecution efforts.
At the national level, India recorded 58.85 lakh cognisable crimes in 2024 — 35.44 lakh IPC/BNS offences and 23.41 lakh cases under Special and Local Laws — a 6 per cent decline from 2023. Within Tripura, one of the steepest local drops was in kidnapping and abduction: the state reported 105 such cases in 2022 and 132 in 2023, before the number fell to 50 in 2024.
Crimes against women followed a downward trend, decreasing from 752 cases in 2022 to 716 in 2024. Incidents involving senior citizens also fell, from 12 cases in 2022 to five in 2024. Atrocity cases against SC and ST communities, recorded as two in 2022, were reported as zero in both 2023 and 2024.
Economic offences remained broadly stable: 242 cases in 2022, 198 in 2023 and 201 in 2024. Cybercrime figures showed little change across the available years, with 30 cases in 2020, 36 in 2022 and 33 in 2023. Offences against the state declined from 30 in 2022 to 16 in 2023, before edging up to 22 in 2024; one crime against a foreign national was reported in 2023.
Murder cases were more volatile: 109 in 2022, 101 in 2023 and 116 in 2024. Overall, the NCRB data point to an improved law-and-order situation in Tripura in 2024, although the uptick in some serious crimes, notably murder, underscores ongoing challenges for police and prosecutors.
Original Source: https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/story/tripura-sees-crime-dip-in-2024-kidnapping-cases-halve-no-atrocity-cases-against-scst-ncrb-1394791-2026-05-20?utm_source=rssfeed
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Publish Date: 2026-05-20 15:55:00
