India, Dec. 9 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Number of Cyber Crime Police Station

As on 01.01.2020

As on 01.01.2021

As on 01.01.2022

As on 01.01.2023

As on 01.01.2024

1

Andhra Pradesh

1

3

3

3

3

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0

0

1

1

1

3

Assam

0

0

0

0

0

4

Bihar

1

0

1

0

44

5

Chhattisgarh

1

1

1

1

6

6

Goa

1

1

1

1

1

7

Gujarat

4

14

24

24

39

8

Haryana

2

3

8

29

29

9

Himachal Pradesh

1

1

1

1

4

10

Jharkhand

7

7

7

7

7

11

Karnataka

51

11

8

8

2

12

Kerala

4

19

19

19

20

13

Madhya Pradesh

1

1

1

1

1

14

Maharashtra

43

43

46

46

47

15

Manipur

1

1

1

1

1

16

Meghalaya

1

1

1

1

1

17

Mizoram

1

1

1

1

1

18

Nagaland

1

1

1

1

1

19

Odisha

4

4

15

15

15

20

Punjab

2

2

2

2

2

21

Rajasthan

2

2

2

33

34

22

Sikkim

0

0

0

0

0

23

Tamil Nadu

0

46

46

49

54

24

Telangana

3

3

3

4

13

25

Tripura

0

0

0

0

0

26

Uttar Pradesh

2

2

18

18

75

27

Uttarakhand

1

1

2

2

2

28

West Bengal

31

31

31

36

36

29

A & N Islands

0

0

0

0

1

30

Chandigarh

0

0

0

1

1

D & N Haveli and Daman & Diu

0

0

0

32

Delhi

0

0

15

15

15

33

Jammu and Kashmir

2

2

2

2

2

34

Ladakh

0

0

0

0

0

35

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

0

0

36

Puducherry

1

1

1

1

1

TOTAL

169

202

262

323

459

Sl.No.

STATES/UTs

31

0

0

'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The States/UTs are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes including establishment of cyber crime police stations to tackle the growing incidents of cyber offences through their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the States/UTs through advisories and financial assistance under various schemes for capacity building of their LEAs.

The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) compiles and publishes the statistical data on cyber cells and cyber crime police stations in its publication "Data on Police Organizations". The latest published report is for the year 2024. The details of the total number of Cyber Crime Police Stations in States/UTs for the last five years is at Annexure.

To strengthen the coordination mechanism and uniformity to deal with cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, the Central Government has taken steps which, inter-alia, include the following:

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