{
  "title": "Registered cybercrime cases",
  "years": [
    2020,
    2021,
    2022,
    2023,
    2024
  ],
  "source": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2287039&lang=1&reg=1",
  "publisher": "Ministry of Home Affairs / PIB; underlying data: NCRB",
  "published": "2026-07-21",
  "verified": "2026-10-30",
  "states": [
    {
      "name": "Andhra Pradesh",
      "values": [
        1899,
        1875,
        2341,
        2341,
        2528
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Arunachal Pradesh",
      "values": [
        30,
        47,
        14,
        24,
        78
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Assam",
      "values": [
        3530,
        4846,
        1733,
        909,
        408
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bihar",
      "values": [
        1512,
        1413,
        1621,
        4450,
        6380
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chhattisgarh",
      "values": [
        297,
        352,
        439,
        473,
        660
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Goa",
      "values": [
        40,
        36,
        90,
        86,
        77
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gujarat",
      "values": [
        1283,
        1536,
        1417,
        1995,
        1592
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Haryana",
      "values": [
        656,
        622,
        681,
        751,
        1815
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Himachal Pradesh",
      "values": [
        98,
        70,
        77,
        127,
        148
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jharkhand",
      "values": [
        1204,
        953,
        967,
        1079,
        1423
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Karnataka",
      "values": [
        10741,
        8136,
        12556,
        21889,
        21993
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kerala",
      "values": [
        426,
        626,
        773,
        3295,
        2962
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Madhya Pradesh",
      "values": [
        699,
        589,
        826,
        685,
        1081
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Maharashtra",
      "values": [
        5496,
        5562,
        8249,
        8103,
        9922
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Manipur",
      "values": [
        79,
        67,
        18,
        3,
        5
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Meghalaya",
      "values": [
        142,
        107,
        75,
        64,
        97
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mizoram",
      "values": [
        13,
        30,
        1,
        31,
        50
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Nagaland",
      "values": [
        8,
        8,
        4,
        2,
        14
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Odisha",
      "values": [
        1931,
        2037,
        1983,
        2348,
        2501
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Punjab",
      "values": [
        378,
        551,
        697,
        511,
        888
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rajasthan",
      "values": [
        1354,
        1504,
        1833,
        2435,
        1527
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sikkim",
      "values": [
        0,
        0,
        26,
        12,
        15
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tamil Nadu",
      "values": [
        782,
        1076,
        2082,
        4121,
        5793
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Telangana",
      "values": [
        5024,
        10303,
        15297,
        18236,
        27230
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tripura",
      "values": [
        34,
        24,
        30,
        36,
        33
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Uttar Pradesh",
      "values": [
        11097,
        8829,
        10117,
        10794,
        11073
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Uttarakhand",
      "values": [
        243,
        718,
        559,
        494,
        543
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "West Bengal",
      "values": [
        712,
        513,
        401,
        309,
        282
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "A&N Islands",
      "values": [
        5,
        8,
        28,
        47,
        28
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Chandigarh",
      "values": [
        17,
        15,
        27,
        23,
        116
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu",
      "values": [
        3,
        5,
        5,
        6,
        5
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Delhi",
      "values": [
        168,
        356,
        685,
        407,
        404
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jammu & Kashmir",
      "values": [
        120,
        154,
        173,
        185,
        114
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ladakh",
      "values": [
        1,
        5,
        3,
        1,
        1
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lakshadweep",
      "values": [
        3,
        1,
        1,
        1,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Puducherry",
      "values": [
        10,
        0,
        64,
        147,
        142
      ]
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "name": "Tampering computer source documents",
      "values": [
        338,
        55,
        65,
        71,
        162
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Computer Related Offences",
      "values": [
        21926,
        19915,
        23894,
        35329,
        36920
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cyber Terrorism",
      "values": [
        26,
        15,
        12,
        11,
        18
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Publication/transmission of obscene / sexually explicit act in electronic form",
      "values": [
        6308,
        6598,
        6896,
        7893,
        6990
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Interception or Monitoring or decryption of Information",
      "values": [
        7,
        2,
        1,
        1,
        4
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Un-authorized access/attempt to  access to protected computer system",
      "values": [
        2,
        3,
        1,
        1,
        2
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Breach of Confidentiality & Privacy",
      "values": [
        null,
        null,
        null,
        null,
        37
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Publication  of Electronic Signatures for fraudulent purposes",
      "values": [
        null,
        null,
        null,
        null,
        5
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Abetment to Commit Offences",
      "values": [
        1,
        7,
        4,
        0,
        2
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Attempt to Commit Offences",
      "values": [
        18,
        5,
        18,
        11,
        14
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Other Sections of IT Act",
      "values": [
        1017,
        827,
        1017,
        920,
        718
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Abetment of Suicide (Online)",
      "values": [
        10,
        10,
        24,
        30,
        12
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cyber Stalking/Bullying of Women/Children",
      "values": [
        872,
        1176,
        1471,
        1305,
        1240
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sexual Intercourse by Deceitful Means",
      "values": [
        null,
        null,
        null,
        null,
        99
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Organized Cyber Crimes",
      "values": [
        null,
        null,
        null,
        null,
        60
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Publishing false or misleading information jeopardizing the Sovereignty Unity and integrity or security of India",
      "values": [
        null,
        null,
        null,
        null,
        2
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Data theft",
      "values": [
        98,
        170,
        97,
        113,
        88
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Fraud",
      "values": [
        10395,
        14007,
        17470,
        19466,
        29758
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cheating",
      "values": [
        4480,
        6343,
        10509,
        16943,
        19296
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Forgery",
      "values": [
        582,
        198,
        224,
        444,
        702
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Defamation/Morphing",
      "values": [
        51,
        31,
        61,
        36,
        28
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Fake Profile",
      "values": [
        149,
        123,
        157,
        225,
        266
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Counterfeiting",
      "values": [
        9,
        2,
        2,
        0,
        3
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cyber Blackmailing/Threatening",
      "values": [
        303,
        689,
        696,
        689,
        601
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Fake News on Social Media",
      "values": [
        578,
        179,
        230,
        209,
        483
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Other Offences",
      "values": [
        2674,
        2456,
        2857,
        2389,
        4109
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gambling Act (Online Gambling)",
      "values": [
        63,
        27,
        37,
        87,
        37
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lotteries Act (Online Lotteries)",
      "values": [
        26,
        4,
        6,
        0,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Copy Right Act",
      "values": [
        49,
        32,
        27,
        23,
        30
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Trade Marks Act",
      "values": [
        5,
        1,
        14,
        1,
        6
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Other SLL Crimes",
      "values": [
        48,
        99,
        103,
        223,
        236
      ]
    }
  ],
  "totals": [
    50035,
    52974,
    65893,
    86420,
    101928
  ]
}