National Crime Records Bureau — SLL Crimes

District-level Special & Local Laws crime statistics from NCRB, covering POCSO, SC/ST atrocities, domestic violence, narcotics, cybercrime, and environmental crimes.

Published 2022 · 8 indicators · mapped to 808 districts · platform version 2026-08-02

New districts: inherited from parent district

Districts created after this source was published have no measurement of their own. For this source those values are inherited from parent district and flagged in the interface, so you can filter them out. See the methodology for why this method applies here and where it is weakest.

Indicators

Women & Gender

Domestic Violence

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Cases under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act per 1 lakh population. Most DV cases are filed under IPC 498A, not this SLL act — counts are low. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Most DV cases filed under IPC 498A, not this SLL act.

Dowry Crimes

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Cases under Dowry Prohibition Act per 1 lakh population. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Rates based on Census 2011 population.

Safety & Crime

POCSO Cases

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Child sexual offence cases (POCSO Act) per 1 lakh population. From NCRB Special & Local Laws data, 2022.

Rates based on Census 2011 population — urban districts may appear inflated.

SC/ST Atrocities

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Cases under Prevention of Atrocities (SC/ST) Act per 1 lakh population. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Census 2011 population. Low values may reflect under-reporting.

Domestic Violence

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Cases under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act per 1 lakh population. Most DV cases are filed under IPC 498A, not this SLL act — counts are low. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Most DV cases filed under IPC 498A, not this SLL act.

Dowry Crimes

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Cases under Dowry Prohibition Act per 1 lakh population. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Rates based on Census 2011 population.

Drug Crimes (NDPS)

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Narcotics cases (NDPS Act only) per 1 lakh population — personal use and trafficking. Excludes alcohol/excise violations. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

NDPS Act only — excludes alcohol/excise violations.

Cybercrime

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Cases under Information Technology Act per 1 lakh population. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Census 2011 population. Urban areas report higher due to better detection.

Environmental Crimes

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Cases under Forest Act, Wildlife Protection Act, and pollution control laws per 1 lakh population. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Census 2011 population. High values reflect enforcement, not pollution levels.

Safety-Relevant Crime Rate

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Curated subset of SLL crimes per 1 lakh population. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Curated subset — excludes liquor, excise, electricity, gambling violations.

Climate & Environment

Environmental Crimes

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Cases under Forest Act, Wildlife Protection Act, and pollution control laws per 1 lakh population. From NCRB SLL data, 2022.

Census 2011 population. High values reflect enforcement, not pollution levels.

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