Cases Reported under Arms Act during 2015

The number of cases reported under Arms Act, 1959 in India was 53300 during the year 2015. The top 10 states in terms of the number of cases reported under Arms Act were: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Chhattisgarh during the year 2015.

The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Uttar Pradesh was 24702 during the year 2015. It accounted for 46.35% of the number of cases reported under Arms Act in India during the year 2015.

The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Madhya Pradesh was 9773 during the year 2015. It accounted for 18.34% of the number of cases reported under Arms Act in India during the year 2015. The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Rajasthan was 5894 during the year 2015. It accounted for 11.06% of the number of cases reported under Arms Act in India during the year 2015.

The number of cases reported under Arms Act in West Bengal was 2379 during the year 2015. It accounted for 4.46% of the number of cases reported under Arms Act in India during the year 2015. The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Bihar was 1846 during the year 2015. It accounted for 3.46% of the number of cases reported under Arms Act in India during the year 2015.

These top 5 states accounted for 83.67% of the number of cases reported under Arms Act in India as a whole during the year 2015.

The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Haryana was 1741 (3.27% of All India) during the year 2015. The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Maharashtra was 1253 (2.35% of All India) during the year 2015. The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Uttarakhand was 753 (1.41% of All India) during the year 2015. The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Delhi was 700 (1.31% of All India) during the year 2015. The number of cases reported under Arms Act in Chhattisgarh was 591 (1.11% of All India) during the year 2015.

The above mentioned 10 states accounted for 93.12% of the number of cases reported under Arms Act in India as a whole during the year 2015.

Note: NA: Not Available; I: refers to Cases Reported; V: refers to No. of Victims in registered cases; R: refers to Crime Rate.

Resource Title: State & UT-wise Cases Reported (I), Victims(V) & Rate (R) of Cognizable Crimes(SLL) under Different Crime Heads During 2015

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/catalog/crime-india-2015