The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) shows that crimes against women in 2019 have risen by 7.3 per cent from 2018. India recorded an average of 87 rape cases every day in 2019 and 4,05,861 cases of crimes against women during the year.

The crime rate registered per lakh women population is 62.4 per cent in 2019, up from 58.8 per cent in 2018. In 2018, the country had recorded 3,78,236 cases of crimes against women whereas in 2019 the numbers increased to over 4 lakh.