The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication “Crime in India”. The latest published report is for the year 2023. As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT wise details of cases registered under cyber crimes (involving communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2021 to 2023 are at the Annexure-I. The state of the art National-Digital Investigation Support Centre (previously known as National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Investigation) {NCFL(I)}) has been established, as a part of the I4C, at New Delhi (on 18.02.2019) and at Assam (on 29.08.2025) to provide early stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers (IOs) of State/UT Police. A National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (Evidence) has been established in Hyderabad in the year 2018 under the Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children Scheme for Evidentiary purposes. At present, 07 Central Forensic Science Laboratories and 27 State Forensic Science Laboratories are operational across the country' to assist in investigation of cybercrime cases. Out of the 07 Central Forensic Science Laboratories (CFSLs), prior to 2014, Digital Forensics facility was available in 04 CFSLs located in Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Kolkata. After 2014, 03 new CFSLs (including Digital Forensic Divisions) have been established at Pune, Bhopal, and Kamrup. Data related to Digital Forensic facilities in States and UTs prior to the year 2014 is not maintained centrally. Assistance has been provided to 20 States / UTs inter-alia for Strengthening of Cyber Forensic Capacities in State FSLs under the Nirbhaya funded scheme for Strengthening of DNA Analysis and Cyber Forensic Capacities in State FSLs. The State-wise list of these 20 States / UTs along with year-wise amount released for both DNA & Cyber Divisions is at Annexure-II.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has also provided financial assistance of Rs. 116.5 Crores under the ‘Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC)’ Scheme, to the States/UTs for setting up of cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories. So, far Cyber Forensic-cum-Training Laboratories have been commissioned in 33 States/UTs including Madhya Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu and Maharashtra. Annexure-I State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Cyber Crimes during 2021-2023 SL State/UT 2021 2022 2023 1 Andhra Pradesh 1875 2341 2341 2 Arunachal Pradesh 47 14 24 3 Assam 4846 1733 909 4 Bihar 1413 1621 4450 5 Chhattisgarh 352 439 473 6 Goa 36 90 86 7 Gujarat 1536 1417 1995 8 Haryana 622 681 751 9 Himachal Pradesh 70 77 127 10 Jharkhand 953 967 1079 11 Karnataka 8136 12556 21889 12 Kerala 626 773 3295 13 Madhya Pradesh 589 826 685 14 Maharashtra 5562 8249 8103 15 Manipur 67 18 3 16 Meghalaya 107 75 64 17 Mizoram 30 1 31 18 Nagaland 8 4 2 19 Odisha 2037 1983 2348 20 Punjab 551 697 511 21 Rajasthan 1504 1833 2435 22 Sikkim 0 26 12 23 Tamil Nadu 1076 2082 4121 24 Telangana 10303 15297 18236 25 Tripura 24 30 36 26 Uttar Pradesh 8829 10117 10794 27 Uttarakhand 718 559 494 28 West Bengal 513 401 309 TOTAL STATE(S) 52430 64907 85603 29 A&N Islands 8 28 47 30 Chandigarh 15 27 23 31 D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu 5 5 6 32 Delhi 356 685 407 33 Jammu & Kashmir 154 173 185 34 Ladakh 5 3 1 35 Lakshadweep 1 1 1 36 Puducherry 0 64 147 TOTAL UT(S) 544 986 817 TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 52974 65893 86420 Source: ‘Crime in India’ published by NCRB. Annexure-II List of States/UTs to which assistance has been provided for Cyber Forensics under the Nirbhaya funded scheme for Strengthening of DNA Analysis and Cyber Forensic Capacities in State FSLs S. NO. States Total release in last 03 years i.e. from FY 2022-23 to 2024-25 (in Crores) Total release since FY 2018-19 (in Crores) Amount for which UC received in GFR Form 12-C 1 Arunachal Pradesh 0.865 0.865 0 2 Assam 1.125 1.125 0 3 Chhattisgarh 2.183 3.683 3,51,59,931 4 Gujarat* 0.6075 1.8225 1,15,57,661 5 Himachal Pradesh* 0 7.29 7,29,00,000 6 Jharkhand* 1.6625 4.9875 3,26,79,489 7 Karnataka* 0 13.96 0 8 Kerala 1.625 6.455 4,82,93,502 9 Meghalaya 1.7715 1.9365 1,77,15,000 10 Mizoram* 0 4.19 4,19,00,000 11 Nagaland* 2.725 5.45 5,45,00,000 12 Odisha* 3.1425 9.4275 9,30,60,819 13 Punjab* 0 7.98 3,99,00,000 14 <td style="width