NCRB - Cyber Crimes: Year and Motive wise Number of Cyber Crimes Committed in India under IT Act, IPC and SLL
This dataset provides year and motive wise information on cyber crimes classified by motive under the IT Act, IPC, and Special & Local Laws (SLL). It includes motives such as financial fraud, greed or financial gain, extortion, sexual exploitation, personal revenge, emotional motives, abetment to suicide, insult to the modesty of women, theft of information, political motives, spreading piracy, disruption of public services, illegal drug trade, and terrorist activities including recruitment, funding, and propaganda, along with other motives and total cyber crimes in India.
Note: 2004 and 2017 data is not available in the source.
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Dataset - NCRB - Cyber Crimes: Year and Motive wise Number of Cyber Crimes Committed in India under IT Act, IPC and SLL
NCRB - Cyber Crimes: Year and Motive wise Number of Cyber Crimes Committed in India under IT Act, IPC and SLL
This dataset provides year and motive wise information on cyber crimes classified by motive under the IT Act, IPC, and Special & Local Laws (SLL). It includes motives such as financial fraud, greed or financial gain, extortion, sexual exploitation, personal revenge, emotional motives, abetment to suicide, insult to the modesty of women, theft of information, political motives, spreading piracy, disruption of public services, illegal drug trade, and terrorist activities including recruitment, funding, and propaganda, along with other motives and total cyber crimes in India.
Note: 2004 and 2017 data is not available in the source.
Rows: 273
Columns: 6
Time period: 2002, 2003, 2005 to 2016, 2018 to 2023
The calendar year to which the reported cyber crime figures pertain.
state
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273
The state or geographic region the cyber crime figures cover, including all-India aggregates.
category
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The motive or purpose behind the committed cyber crimes, such as sexual exploitation, pranks, causing disrepute, or terrorist activities.
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273
The number of cyber crimes committed in India for the given year and motive.
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273
The unit of measurement for the reported figures, expressed as an absolute count.
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Supplementary remarks or footnotes associated with the data record.
Citation
National Crime Record Bureau. (2026). NCRB - Cyber Crimes: Year and Motive wise Number of Cyber Crimes Committed in India under IT Act, IPC and SLL [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/22360