Bengaluru: The state capital has topped the list for the maximum number of crimes committed against women across the State.
As per the crime statistics compiled by the State police for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, Bengaluru reported nearly 27 per cent of the total case.
A total of 4,862 cases have been reported in the City and these include 83 murders, 104 sexual assaults, 57 dowry deaths and 618 kidnaps and abductions.
Of the total registered cases in 2014, 13 per cent were related to crimes against women. The State has reported as many as 1,37,338 cases under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in 2014, of which, 17,792 cases were women-related crimes such as rape, kidnapping, dowry harassment, molestation among others.
Meanwhile, officials of the police computer wing and crime records bureau are in the process of preparing the crime statistics for 2015. An official source involved in the data collection process said there had been no decline in crimes against women in 2015.
