Statistical Branch of National Crime
Records Bureau (NCRB) was formed out of the Statistical Section of Bureau
of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) which was one of the four units
that were merged in NCRB at the time of NCRB's creation. Thus, Statistical
Branch of NCRB is one of the founding branches of NCRB.
The Branch is headed by Chief Statistical
Officer (CSO) who is an STS level officer belonging to the Indian
Statistical Service (ISS). The CSO is assisted by a Statistical Officer
(SO), who is a JTS level officer of ISS, and a Junior Staff Officer (JSO),
who is an officer belonging to the EDP cadre of NCRB. The SO and the JSO
guide and supervise the teams of DPAs, DEOs and other officials working
under them. The DPAs and DEOs belong to the EDP cadre of NCRB.
The Branch brings out three annual publications: (1)
Crime in India, (2)
Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India
and (3) Prison Statistics India.
These publications are the principal source of information on concerned
subjects. The data for 'Crime in India' and 'Accidental Deaths and
Suicides in India' is collected from 35 States / UTs and mega-cities
(cities having a population of 10 lakh or more as per the latest census).
Currently, there are 35 mega-cities. The data of 'Prison Statistics India'
is collected from 34 States / UTs, there being no prison in Arunachal
Pradesh till 2009. The data received from each data-supplying centre is
checked for completeness and inconsistency. The points requiring
clarification in the data are conveyed to the concerned data-supplying
centre and once all the clarifications are received, the data of that
data-supplying centre is finalised. The all-India data is finalised after
the data of all the data-supplying centres is finalised. The all-India
tables are generated and the work of preparation of the report begins.
After the completion of report-preparation work, the report is published.
All the reports are made available on NCRB website also under
"Publications" link. With a view to benefit the stakeholders, the
Statistical Branch has, on its own initiative, digitised all the editions
of these three reports, right from the initial years, and made them
available under "Publications" link on NCRB website.
In addition to the collection and compilation of data and publication of
the above-cited three reports, the Statistical Branch handles more than
300 Parliament Questions received from various Ministries every year.
Further, the Branch handles numerous applications received under the Right
to Information Act. The Branch provides data to other users - Ministries,
researchers and NGOs.
Proformae of the publications can be down loaded by
clicking the following:
(1) CII
PROFORMAE (2) ADSI PROFORMAE
(3) PSI PROFORMAE