Rape cases against scheduled caste women rose 37% in last 4 years

Overall, crime against women increased by 23.3% and crime against the Scheduled Castes by 18.8%

As controversy and anger over the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit woman by Thakur men in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh continue to smoulder, the latest crime data show that the state recorded the highest increase in crime against women, at 66.7%, in four years to 2019.

Across the country, cases of rape against Scheduled Castes women increased by 37%, and of assault by 20%, our analysis of data from Crime in India 2019 report released on September 29 and previous years’ data shows.

Overall, crime against women (CAW)