Take a look at the essential concepts, terms, quotes, or phenomena every day and brush up your knowledge. Here’s your knowledge nugget on National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for today. India witnessed an overall decline in crime cases with a 6% dip in 2024 , recording 58.85 lakh cases as against 2023’s 62.41 lakh cases, according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on 6th May, 2026. It provided the crime data from January 1 to December 31, 2024. 1. Crime rate: The NCRB calculates the crime rate on the basis of the number of cases registered per lakh population. It saw a dip during the period – from 448.3 in 2023 to 418.9 in 2024. 2. Cyber crimes: It saw an almost 18% jump in the period. A total of 1,01,928 cases were registered under the cyber crimes category, showing an increase of 17.9% from 2023, when 86,420 cases were lodged. The crime rate under this category increased from 6.2 in 2023 to 7.3 in 2024. 3.…