ET Graphics: Economic crimes on the rise in Indian metro cities, check where your city stands

Economic offences emerge as a growing concern in India’s metropolitan cities, with the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) showing a 30.9% jump to 41,220 cases in 2023 from 31,501 in 2018. Most offences involved losses between `1-10 lakh, though frauds worth crores were not uncommon.

The crime rate in cities stood at 36.1 per lakh population in 2023. Nearly 9 in 10 cases involve forgery, cheating, and fraud. While the number of cases have increased in recent years, court disposals have slightly eased pendency.

• Cities reported around113 economic crimesdaily on average in2023, up from 86 in2018
• About 20%of economiccrimes arereportedfrom cities

Majority of cases in cities involved loss of `1-10 lakh


Forgery, cheating and fraud cases



List of cities with highest number of economic cases

Pendancy rate vs Conviction rate