Why crime rate is increasing in india? Why the government is not taking any actions to control it?

Does rising crime graph as visible in data mean deteriorating law and order and vice versa?

If international data on crime is analysed, it shows that countries perceived to have better systems of law and order also have high rates of crimes (number of crimes per 1 lakh population), while countries with dysfunctional governance, most of the times, display low rates of crimes.

According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, on seven counts of serious crimes — which include murder, rape, sexual violence, assault, kidnapping, burglary and theft — Sweden (with 6,456 crimes per 1 lakh population), Denmark (6,041) and the Netherlands (5,523) have high rates of crimes.

The countries with low rates of crimes are Somalia (1.5), Iraq (2), Libya (2.9) and Haiti (5). It would be naive to argue that Somalia is safer than Sweden. India’s crime rate (87) itself compares with that of Lebanon (59), Yemen (67) and Kazakhstan (96). Within India, Kerala, considered to be a better policed state has one of the highest crime rates, while UP, whose poor law and order issues often hit headlines, has one of the lowest.

Why is it so? The answer lies in the response of government and civil society to crime data and how sense of law and order in India is measured solely through registered crimes.

As soon as crime graph of a particular region, as reflected in data, rises, the minister responsible reprimands the concerned officer. The officer, in turn, tries his best to keep the numbers to the lowest. One of the ways this is allegedly done is by refusing FIRs.

Non-registration of FIRs was reflected as a chronic problem of policing in as many as four presentations at the conference of DGPs of state and Central police force in Bhuj, Gujarat, last month. One shortlisted presentation, by UP cadre IPS officer Rajeev Krishna, claims that only 9-21 per cent of all crimes in India get registered by police. According to Krishna, who has arrived at the figures by applying International Crime Survey Data to Indian scenario, 30 per cent people never report a crime to the authorities, while over 50 per cent are turned away by the police.

INDIA

In India this is a list of states and union territories of India ranked by the recognizable Crime Rate as on 2012 and 2015, and represents the number of cognizable crimes occurred for every 100,000 persons. The list is compiled from the 2012 and 2015 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India.

If you look at Indian states and territories ranking by crime rate Kerala has the highest cognizable crime rate of 723.2 (per 100,000 persons) as on 2015, while Nagaland recorded lowest rates of 55.1 (per 100,000 persons).

Kerala scores high in almost all human development indices. Naturally Kerala tops the list.

• The culprit is Kerala police who makes sure that crimes are reported.
• The people of Kerala are educated hence they don't let go any crime un-recorded.
• Even the simplest crimes are recorded with Police and that might look bad on paper but in reality its the best thing for public.

Why does Kerala have a higher crime rate even though most of the population is well educated?

The increase in Crime rate is not a bad thing, we should not be alarmed by the statistics. In fact if the crime rate is an indicator that India is changing.

India need a Paradigm shift in the way we look at Crime rate.

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