Kolkata: West Bengal recorded 34,691 cases of crimes against women in 2023, the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data shows. Adding 10,024 pending cases from 2022, the total caseload under investigation in 2023 reached 44,731.

The state police disposed of 34,344 cases during the year, maintained an impressive 93.8 % rate of filing charge-sheets, and reported a pendency rate of 23.2 %. The data also shows 1,110 rape cases — including 27 of minors — and highlights that in many instances the perpetrator was known to the victim. The NCRB breakdown lists the dominant crime categories as domestic cruelty, kidnapping & abduction, sexual assault, rape, and POCSO offences.

Nationally, India logged 4,48,211 crimes against women in 2023, a slight rise from 4,45,256 in 2022 and 4,28,278

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