Causes of crime to Hurt another person in India
Most cases of hurt in India stemmed from voluntarily causing simple hurt, which rose steadily from 2.9 lakh to 3.25 lakh incidents, making it as the dominant contributor.
Hurt caused by dangerous weapons or means also remained high, increasing from 1.73 lakh to 1.80 lakh cases.
Grievous hurt, both general and weapon-related also is significant in India.
Cases involving public servants, acts endangering life or safety, and acid attacks were comparatively fewer but persistent. Worthy to note is acid attack cases although severe offense are very few in number.
Overall, we see a consistent rise in physical assault and injury-related crimes, with simple and weapon-related violence being the major drivers behind India’s “hurt” incidents.
Hurt caused by dangerous weapons or means also remained high, increasing from 1.73 lakh to 1.80 lakh cases.
Grievous hurt, both general and weapon-related also is significant in India.
Cases involving public servants, acts endangering life or safety, and acid attacks were comparatively fewer but persistent. Worthy to note is acid attack cases although severe offense are very few in number.
Overall, we see a consistent rise in physical assault and injury-related crimes, with simple and weapon-related violence being the major drivers behind India’s “hurt” incidents.
| Year | CY21 | CY22 | CY23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voluntarily Causing Simple Hurt | 2,92,772 | 3,08,238 | 3,25,028 |
| Voluntarily causing hurt by Dangerous weapons or means | 1,73,118 | 1,77,933 | 1,80,866 |
| Voluntarily Causing hurt/Force to deter public servant from his duty | 14,680 | 13,969 | 13,488 |
| Causing Hurt by act endangering life/safety of others | 7,401 | 10,160 | 8,408 |
| Other Simple Hurt | 7,638 | 8,492 | 9,389 |
| Voluntarily causing grievous hurt | 64,312 | 84,975 | 72,278 |
| Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means | 20,292 | 19,163 | 21,579 |
| Acid Attack | 176 | 202 | 207 |
| Attempt to Acid Attack | 73 | 71 | 65 |
| Voluntarily Causing Grievous hurt/Force to deter public servant from his duty | 1,677 | 1,009 | 1,166 |
| Causing Grevious Hurt by act endangering life/safety of others | 2,627 | 2,748 | 3,691 |
| Other Grevious Hurt | 1,008 | 716 | 602 |
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