NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails
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.
NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails
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.
Rows: 199
Columns: 6
Time period: 2001 to 2024
Last Updated: 03 July 2026
Data preview
year
state
cause_of_death
value
unit
note
2024
All India
Deaths due to Negligence / Excess By Jail Personnel
The calendar year to which the inmate death statistics pertain.
state
String
1
199
The state or geographic coverage of the record; reported at the All India level.
cause_of_death
String
10
199
The reported cause of death among inmates, such as suicide, accidental death, execution, or negligence by jail personnel.
value
Float64
70
199
The absolute number of inmates who died from the specified cause in the given year.
unit
String
1
199
The unit of measurement for the reported figure, expressed as an absolute number.
note
String
1
0
Supplementary remarks or footnotes associated with the data record.
Citation
National Crime Record Bureau. (2026). NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23045