New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Every year, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) puts out a collated report on crime in India. The just released report for 2023 has information on crime broken down by states, metropolitan cities and types of crime.

The NCRB, set up in 1986, is our national agency responsible for collecting and analyzing crime data specified under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special & Local Laws (SLL). Four years ago, the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System was integrated into the NCRB, granting it a searchable database of fingerprints related to criminal activity.

Unlike China, the US and UK, which have the largest crime DNA databases, India is yet to create the enabling legislation for a national reposito...