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NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails

Dataset Overview

This dataset provides year wise and cause wise data on the number of unnatural deaths of prisoners in Indian jails. The deaths are further classified by suicide, execution, murder by inmates, deaths due to asssault by outside elements, deaths due to firing, deaths due to negligence by jail personnel, accidental deaths and others.

Number of Rows

199

Number of Columns

6

Time Period

2001 to 2023

Sectors

Home Affairs and Enforcement

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Sources

Prison Statistics India, NCRB

Update FrequencyUpdate Frequency At Source

Yearly

Last UpdatedLast Updated at Dataful

July, 2026

Granularity

Year, Cause

Time Saved

6 hours

Units

value in absolute number

Related Datasets

NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Deaths of Prisoners in Jails

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2001 to 2024

NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Deaths of Prisoners in Jails

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2001 to 2024

NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2001 to 2023

Data Preview

yearstatecause_of_deathvalueunitnote
2024All IndiaDeaths due to Negligence / Excess By Jail Personnel1value in absolute number
2024All IndiaOthers24value in absolute number
2024All IndiaAccidental Deaths11value in absolute number
2024All IndiaExecution0value in absolute number
2024All IndiaSuicide122value in absolute number
2024All IndiaDeaths due to Assault by Outside Elements0value in absolute number
2024All IndiaMurder By Inmates8value in absolute number
2024All IndiaTotal166value in absolute number
2024All IndiaDeaths due to Firing0value in absolute number
2023All IndiaOthers33value in absolute number

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
year2424Int64199
state11String199
cause_of_death1010String199
value7070Float64199
unit11String199
note11String0

Related Datasets

NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Deaths of Prisoners in Jails

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2001 to 2024

NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Deaths of Prisoners in Jails

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2001 to 2024

NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails

Organisation

National Crime Record Bureau

Time Period

2001 to 2023

Tags

NCRB
Prison Statistics India
National Crime Records Bureau PSI
+29

Citation

National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23045