NEW DELHI: Instances of child rape increased by 82% in 2016 in comparison to the previous year. Overall crimes against children saw the highest rise of 13.6% in 2016. "Crimes against children have shown increasing trend over the past three years with significant increase of 13.6% (1,06,958) in 2016 over (94,172) in 2015. Maharashtra reported the highest number of child rapes at 2,467 in 2016, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 2,292.The report also shows an over 50% rise in cases of abduction and kidnapping in 2016 in comparison to the previous year. More than 60% children who went missing in 2016 were girls, most of them in Bengal (15.1% out of 1,11,569).

Source: Times of India November 30, 2017 20:23 UTC