Ministry of Law and Justice of the Republic of India

07/21/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/21/2026 04:45

NATIONAL CYBER CRIME DATA

Ministry of Home Affairs

NATIONAL CYBER CRIME DATA

Posted On: 21 JUL 2026 4:02PM by PIB Delhi

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication "Crime in India". The latest published report is for the year 2024. As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT wise & Crime Head-wise cases registered under cyber crimes (involving communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2020 to 2024 is at Annexure-I & Annexure-II.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the 'Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre' (I4C) as an attached office to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.

The 'National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal' (NCRP) (https://cybercrime.gov.in) has been launched, as a part of the I4C, to enable public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cyber crimes, with special focus on cyber crimes against women and children.

The 'Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System' (CFCFRMS), under I4C, has been launched in year 2021 for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters. As per CFCFRMS operated by I4C, till 30.06.2026, financial amount of more than Rs. 11,158 Crore has been saved in more than 32.80 lakh complaints. A toll-free Helpline number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints. As per NCRP & CFCFRMS operated by I4C, from the year 2021 to 2025, the total number of financial frauds complaints on NCRP are more than 6589201, the total amount reported is more than ₹ 55050 Crores, the total amount marked as Lien is more than ₹ 8189 Crores and the number of FIRs registered is more than 195760.

Cyber crime incidents reported on National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, their conversion into FIRs and subsequent action i.e. filing of chargesheets, arrest and resolution of complaints, thereon are handled by the State/UT Law Enforcement Agencies concerned as per the provisions of the law.

'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Accordingly, the States and Union Territories (UTs) are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrime. The Central Government, through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), supplements the efforts of States and UTs by providing policy guidance, technological support, capacity-building assistance, and financial resources to strengthen cybercrime management and enforcement capabilities.

The Central Government has taken the following steps to strengthen the cyber crime investigation and coordination among Central and State Governments :

  1. Samanvaya Platform has been made operational to serve as an Management Information System (MIS) platform, data repository and a coordination platform for LEAs for cybercrime data sharing and analytics. It provides analytics based interstate linkages of crimes and criminals, involved in cybercrime complaints in various States/UTs. The module 'Pratibimb' maps locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on a map to give visibility to jurisdictional officers. The module also facilitates seeking and receiving of techno-legal assistance by Law Enforcement Agencies from I4C and other SMEs. It has lead to arrest of more than 29,837 accused and more than 2,33,593 Cyber Investigation assistance request.
  2. 'Sahyog' Portal has been launched to expedite the process of sending notices to IT intermediaries by the Appropriate Government or its agency under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 to facilitate the removal or disabling of access to any information, data or communication link being used to commit an unlawful act.
  3. Seven Joint Cyber Coordination Teams (JCCTs) have been constituted for Mewat, Jamtara, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vishakhapatnam, and Guwahati under I4C covering the whole country based upon cyber crime hotspots/ areas having multi jurisdictional issues by onboarding States/UTs to enhance the coordination framework among the Law Enforcement Agencies of the States/UTs.
  4. The Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform, namely 'CyTrain' portal has been developed under I4C, for capacity building of police officers/judicial officers through online course on critical aspects of cyber crime investigation, forensics, prosecution etc. Till 30.06.2026, more than 1,63,344 police officers/judicial officers from States/UTs are registered and more than 1,61,957 Certificates issued through the portal.
  5. Cyber Commando programme was launched by the Hon'ble Home Minister on 10.09.2024 to establish a Special Wing of Cyber Commandos equipped with specialized training to counter cybersecurity threats in the country. The programme envisions the creation of a dedicated, skilled workforce capable of securing critical information infrastructure and supporting national cybersecurity efforts. So far, 281 cyber commandos successfully completed their training at premier institutions including IITs, IIITs, Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) Gandhinagar & New Delhi, etc.
  6. I4C, MHA is regularly organising 'State Connect', 'Thana Connect' and Peer learning session to share best practices, enhance capacity building, etc.
  7. The state of the art National-Digital Investigation Support Centre (previously known as National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation) {NCFL(I)}) has been established, as a part of the I4C, at New Delhi (on 18.02.2019) and at Assam (on 29.08.2025) to provide early stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers (IOs) of State/UT Police. Till 30.06.2026, National-Digital Investigation Support Centre, New Delhi has provided its services to State/UT LEAs in more than 14,064 cases pertaining to cyber crimes.
  1. The Ministry of Home Affairs has released financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 132.93 crores under the 'Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC)' Scheme, to the States/UTs for their capacity building such as setting up of cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories, hiring of junior cyber consultants and training of LEAs' personnel, public prosecutors and judicial officers. Cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs and more than 24,600 LEA personnel, judicial officers and prosecutors have been provided training on cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.
  2. At present, 07 Central Forensic Science Laboratories and 28 State Forensic Science Laboratories are operational across the country' to assist in investigation of cybercrime cases. Assistance has been provided to 20 States / UTs for Strengthening of Cyber Forensic Capacities in State FSLs under the Nirbhaya funded scheme for Strengthening of DNA Analysis and Cyber Forensic Capacities in State FSLs.
  3. To further strengthen operational efficiency and ensure uniformity in handling cybercrime complaints, the Ministry has issued a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for NCRP-CFCFRMS.

The SOP lays down a standardized framework for complaint processing, bank coordination, grievance redressal, removal of lien markings, and restoration of defrauded funds to rightful claimants based on complaints received through the NCRP. Money Restoration Module for expeditious restoration of defrauded money to the victims and Grievance Redressal Module for timely attending to the grievances relating to freezing of the bank accounts and lien marking of the amount, have been made functional from April, 2026.

ANNEXURE-I

State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes during 2020-2024

SL

State/UT

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

1

Andhra Pradesh

1899

1875

2341

2341

2528

2

Arunachal Pradesh

30

47

14

24

78

3

Assam

3530

4846

1733

909

408

4

Bihar

1512

1413

1621

4450

6380

5

Chhattisgarh

297

352

439

473

660

6

Goa

40

36

90

86

77

7

Gujarat

1283

1536

1417

1995

1592

8

Haryana

656

622

681

751

1815

9

Himachal Pradesh

98

70

77

127

148

10

Jharkhand

1204

953

967

1079

1423

11

Karnataka

10741

8136

12556

21889

21993

12

Kerala

426

626

773

3295

2962

13

Madhya Pradesh

699

589

826

685

1081

14

Maharashtra

5496

5562

8249

8103

9922

15

Manipur

79

67

18

3

5

16

Meghalaya

142

107

75

64

97

17

Mizoram

13

30

1

31

50

18

Nagaland

8

8

4

2

14

19

Odisha

1931

2037

1983

2348

2501

20

Punjab

378

551

697

511

888

21

Rajasthan

1354

1504

1833

2435

1527

22

Sikkim

0

0

26

12

15

23

Tamil Nadu

782

1076

2082

4121

5793

24

Telangana

5024

10303

15297

18236

27230

25

Tripura

34

24

30

36

33

26

Uttar Pradesh

11097

8829

10117

10794

11073

27

Uttarakhand

243

718

559

494

543

28

West Bengal

712

513

401

309

282

TOTAL STATE(S)

49708

52430

64907

85603

101118

29

A&N Islands

5

8

28

47

28

30

Chandigarh

17

15

27

23

116

31

D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu

3

5

5

6

5

32

Delhi

168

356

685

407

404

33

Jammu & Kashmir

120

154

173

185

114

34

Ladakh

1

5

3

1

1

35

Lakshadweep

3

1

1

1

0

36

Puducherry

10

0

64

147

142

TOTAL UT(S)

327

544

986

817

810

TOTAL (ALL INDIA)

50035

52974

65893

86420

101928

ANNEXURE-II

Crime Heads-wise Cases Registered) under Cyber Crimes during 2020-2024

SL

Crime Head

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

1

Tampering computer source documents

338

55

65

71

162

2

Computer Related Offences

21926

19915

23894

35329

36920

3

Cyber Terrorism

26

15

12

11

18

4

Publication/transmission of obscene / sexually explicit act in electronic form

6308

6598

6896

7893

6990

5

Interception or Monitoring or decryption of Information

7

2

1

1

4

6

Un-authorized access/attempt to access to protected computer system

2

3

1

1

2

7

Breach of Confidentiality & Privacy

-

-

-

-

37

8

Publication of Electronic Signatures for fraudulent purposes

-

-

-

-

5

9

Abetment to Commit Offences

1

7

4

0

2

10

Attempt to Commit Offences

18

5

18

11

14

11

Other Sections of IT Act

1017

827

1017

920

718

A

Total Offences under I.T. Act

29643

27427

31908

44237

44872

12

Abetment of Suicide (Online)

10

10

24

30

12

13

Cyber Stalking/Bullying of Women/Children

872

1176

1471

1305

1240

14

Sexual Intercourse by Deceitful Means

-

-

-

-

99

15

Organized Cyber Crimes

-

-

-

-

60

16

Publishing false or misleading information jeopardizing the Sovereignty Unity and integrity or security of India

-

-

-

-

2

17

Data theft

98

170

97

113

88

18

Fraud

10395

14007

17470

19466

29758

19

Cheating

4480

6343

10509

16943

19296

20

Forgery

582

198

224

444

702

21

Defamation/Morphing

51

31

61

36

28

22

Fake Profile

149

123

157

225

266

23

Counterfeiting

9

2

2

0

3

24

Cyber Blackmailing/Threatening

303

689

696

689

601

25

Fake News on Social Media

578

179

230

209

483

26

Other Offences

2674

2456

2857

2389

4109

B

Total Offences under IPC/BNS

20201

25384

33798

41849

56747

27

Gambling Act (Online Gambling)

63

27

37

87

37

28

Lotteries Act (Online Lotteries)

26

4

6

0

0

29

Copy Right Act

49

32

27

23

30

30

Trade Marks Act

5

1

14

1

6

31

Other SLL Crimes

48

99

103

223

236

C

Total Offences under SLL

191

163

187

334

309

Total Cyber Crimes (A+B+C)

50035

52974

65893

86420

101928

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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RK/PR/PS/SC


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