IPC cases decline, cybercrime cases rise in Ghaziabad: NCRB report

Cases registered in Ghaziabad district under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) declined last year but the cybercrime cases doubled than what it was in 2019, showed the “Crime in India” 2020 report–the annual comprehensive report on different crimes released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Tuesday.

The report includes comprehensive statistics on different crimes in 19 cities, including Ghaziabad, having more than two million population.

The report indicates that 7,328 cases were registered in Ghaziabad under different sections of the IPC last year compared to 9,159 cases in 2019 and 11,765 cases in 2018. The rate of chargesheets filed by the police in 2020 was 54.6%, lower than the total average of 55.6% for the 19 metropolitan cities.