Alarming rise in cybercrimes

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh (undivided), Karnataka and Maharashtra have occupied the top 3 positions when it comes to cybercrimes registered under the new IT Act in India. Interestingly, these three states together contribute more than 70% to India’s revenue from IT and IT related industries.

According to the latest report by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for the previous year – 2013, 681 cybercrime related cases have been registered in Maharashtra, which has seen a 44.6 per cent rise in cybercrimes when compared to 2012. Andhra Pradesh with 635 cases registered in 2013 has also seen a 48 per cent rise when compared to 2012. Karnataka with 513 cases registered in 2013 has seen a 24.5 per cent rise when compared to 2012.

Uttar Pradesh with 372 cases registered in 2013 is in the fourth place. It has seen a huge rise of 81.5 per cent in just one year. Kerala is in the 5th place with 349 cases registered in 2013.

Among the bigger states Tamil Nadu and Bihar have very few cybercrime related cases. Just 54 cases have been registered in Tamil Nadu and just 23 cases have been registered in Bihar in 2013. Gujarat and Odisha have also registered just 61 and 63 cases respectively in 2013.

In a positive development, the North Eastern states of Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim have not seen a single cybercrime related cases in 2013.

Delhi tops union territories list Among the Union Territories, the national capital Delhi has registered 131 cybercrime related cases. It has seen a rise of 72.4% when compared to 2012. Lakshadweep, Dadra Nagar and Haveli have not seen a single case of cybercrime in 2013.

All India figures: There have been 4356 incidents of cybercrimes in the year 2013. There is a rise of 51.5% cases in just one year.

IT capital Bangalore tops cities: India’s IT capital Bangalore has seen the highest number of cybercrime cases in 2013. The city has registered 399 cases in the same year. Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh has registered 173 cases and Hyderabad has registered 159 cases. Jaipur has seen 110 such cases in the same year.

Mumbai has seen just 40 such cases and another IT city Pune has seen 97 cybercrime related cases while 84 such cases have been registered in Kolkata. Chennai has seen just 5 such cases.