Police, crime statistics from India

In 2014 in India, 560,000  out of 2,260,000 sanctioned police positions were vacant. At about 138 policemen per 100,000 population, India was the fifth lowest policed country out of 71 for which the UN Office on Drugs and Crime had compiled statistics.  (from the Economic Times).  (For comparison purposes, per Wiki,  the US has 284 policemen per 100,000 population,  and Canada has 185.)

The Indian Supreme Court took note of this in April 2017 (but using 2013 data and responding to a 2013 petition), and issued further orders in July 2017.


Per the Indian National Crimes Record Bureau report of 2016, India had

Murder
Year : Number of cases
2014 : 33,981
2015 : 32,127
2016 : 30,450

Also see missing persons statistics below.



Kidnapping & Abduction
Year : Number of cases
2014 : 77,237
2015 : 82,999
2016 : 88,008

All violent crimes
Year : Number of cases
2014 : 433,349
2015 : 425,922
2016 : 429,299

Crimes against women:
Year : Number of cases
2014 : 339,457
2015 : 329,243
2016 : 338,954

Some detail of the 2016 crimes against women:
110,378 : Cruelty by husband or his relatives
84,746 : Assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty
64,519 : Kidnapping & Abduction
38,947 : Rape

Crimes against Scheduled Castes:
2014 : 40,401
2015 : 38,670
2016 : 40,801

Crimes against Scheduled Tribes:
2014 : 6,827
2015 : 6,276
2016 : 6,568

Missing persons:
An unanswered question is how many of these missing persons should be presumed to be victims of undiscovered murders?

Out of total 5,49,008 missing persons during the year 2016, a total of 2,29,381 persons (1,39,858 females and 89,523 males) were traced and 3,19,627 persons (1,74,816 females and 1,44,811 males) were untraced at the end of the year (including previous year).

Vacancies in Police Forces - 2014

India - Violent Crimes 2016