Lack of NCRB data on crimes against Dalit women prevents full understanding

Trends in criminality in society are best understood by statistical analysis of crime. But lack of granularity in the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB’s) annual Crime in India reports prevents a full understanding of crimes against members of Scheduled Castes (SCs), especially the most vulnerable section — women. In this, the Indian state lets down Dalit women and their right to equity and justice. The case of the gangrape and murder in Hathras (UP) is an example.
 
The NCRB records, on the basis of complaints made at police stations, crimes against SC and the rate of crime.  These statistics