The number of rape cases decreased from 471 in 2014 to 450 in 2015 and further came down to 336 in 2016.
Chennai: The crime rate in Tamil Nadu in 2016 was down when compared to the corresponding figures of the previous two years, according to statistics tabled by the state government on Thursday in the assembly.
The number of rape cases decreased from 471 in 2014 to 450 in 2015 and further came down to 336 in 2016. The number of dowry deaths too came down from 95 in 2014 to 65 in 2015 while only 58 such cases were reported in 2016.
The crimes against woman saw a declining trend in Tamil Nadu during the last three years. In 2014, a total of 3,771 crimes were committed against women. The number marginally came down to 3,578 next year and last year it came down significantly to 2,502 cases.
The total number of crimes, which stood at 1,93,197 in 2014 fell to 1,87,558 in 2015 and it further fell to 1,79,893 in 2016. The crime rate also came down from 255 per 1,00,000 population to 244 to 230 respectively at a time when the population steadily went up from 7.55 crore through 7.67 crore to 7.79 crore.
The total number of fatal crimes in 2016 stood at 1,511 while it was 1,641 in the previous year. In 2014, as many as 1,678 people were murdered in the state. Of all the murders in 2016, as many as 92 were for gain. In 2015, there were 107 murders for gain and in 2014, a total of 127 persons were killed for gain.
While the number of robberies and burglaries had come down in 2016, the number of dacoities and thefts had gone up. There were 109 dacoities in 2016 compared to 93 in the previous year. The theft cases went up to 12,128 in 2016 from 11,196 in 2015.
