Despite stringent legislation, crimes against the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) continued to see a spike in 2020. And a majority of the cases were reported from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The latest data by the National Crime Records Bureau showed that an increase in crimes against SCs, STs by 9.4 per cent from 2019 (45,961 cases). The crime rate also increased to 25 per lakh population in 2020.
Last year, 50,291 cases were registered for crimes committed against Scheduled Castes (SCs), an increase of 9.4 per cent over 2019 (45,961 cases). The crime rate had increased from 22.8 per lakh population to 25 per lakh population in 2020, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) stated.