2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
3,405 | 3,937 | 3,716 | 3,653 | 3,366 |
Source: NCRB data tabled in Lok Sabha, Unstarred Question No. 1078, July 24, 2026
Srinagar, Jul 24: Cases registered under crimes against women in Jammu and Kashmir declined to 3,366 in 2024 from 3,653 in 2023, continuing a fall that began after cases peaked at 3,937 in 2021, according to data placed before the Lok Sabha on Friday by Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur.
The figures were tabled in reply to an unstarred question by Anil Yeshwant Desai, Lok Sabha member from Mumbai South Central and a Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, who had asked whether crime against women had increased significantly across the country and sought State and Union Territory-wise details for the last five years.
The minister said the data was compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs and published in its report “Crime in India,” the latest edition of which covers 2024.
Five-year trend
According to the Annexure tabled with the answer, cases registered under crime against women in Jammu and Kashmir stood at 3,405 in 2020, rose to 3,937 in 2021, then eased to 3,716 in 2022, 3,653 in 2023 and 3,366 in 2024. The 2024 figure is about 14 percent lower than the 2021 peak.
The trend in Jammu and Kashmir runs counter to the all-India pattern. Nationally, cases registered under crime against women rose every year over the same period, from 3,71,503 in 2020 to 4,41,534 in 2024, an increase of nearly 19 percent, the data showed.
Ladakh, carved out as a separate Union Territory, recorded a rise over the period, with cases going up from 9 in 2020 to 34 in 2024, though the numbers remain small in absolute terms.
Workplace harassment cases
On sexual harassment at the workplace, Thakur said the Ministry launched the Sexual Harassment Electronic Box (SHe-Box) portal on August 29, 2024, to help complainants track cases filed with Internal Committees and Local Committees set up under the POSH Act, 2013. As of July 21, 2026, the portal had logged 510 complaints nationally, of which 208 had been disposed of, she said.
The minister added that the portal is not a statutory oversight mechanism but an information aid, and that monitoring implementation of the POSH Act remains the responsibility of the concerned State and Union Territory governments.
Schemes cited
Responding on steps taken for women’s safety, the minister listed the Women Helpline (181), the Emergency Response Support System (112), One Stop Centres, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and the Mission Shakti Portal launched in January 2025 as measures being run under the Centre’s Mission Shakti umbrella scheme. She said 657 One Stop Centres across the country have been integrated with the Women Helpline to allow faster transfer of cases needing on-ground intervention.
The minister also pointed to the National Commission for Women’s 24×7 helpline, numbered 14490, and to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’s portal at cybercrime.gov.in for reporting cyber offences against women and children, saying that action on such complaints rests with State and Union Territory law enforcement agencies.
