New Delhi: At least 2,455 crimes in the city were committed by teenagers last year and 2,940 underage children were arrested, revealing data on the National Crime Recording Bureau (NCRB).
However, compared to 2019, there is a decrease in the number of crimes involving children in conflict with the law (CCLS).
In 2019, 2,783 such cases were committed and 3.56 teenagers were arrested.
Among 19 metropolitan cities, Delhi ranks number one in terms of Juvenile crime, followed by Chennai (773 cases) and Ahmedabad (483 cases).
Data shows teenagers involved in various crimes, including 57 murders, 79 rape, 64 under the protection of children of sexual violation laws, 87 attacks on women with intention to be angry, 77 attempts to kill, 33 attempts to commit the murder Guilty and 22 kidnapping and kidnapping.
Most teenagers are involved in street crime.
“They did 1,141 theft, 267 robbery, and 102 theft,” NCRB.
According to officials of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), children, most of the background are economically weak, brainwashed by criminals with easy money pretusions.
In accordance with data, teenagers were also found involved in 43 cases under ACT cures, 29 arms acting cases, 173 injured and 31 cases of driving rashes.
“Last year, 95.2% of CCL was found guilty,” data said.
According to NCRB, 406 underage children are illiterate, 995 learning to primary, 1,264 matrices are complete, 238 studies up to intermediate and 36 higher have surpassed higher secondary.
Vaidhi Subramani, CWC Chairperson in the South Delhi District, said, “Lack of love, troubled houses, drugs, poverty, unemployed, friendship with poor elements causing juvenile delinquency.” The involvement of children who are honest at home and society, including registration at school, can help in resolving this problem, he added.
“When a minor was arrested for the first time, the right intervention was needed so he did not commit a crime in the future.” According to NCRB, 2,396 CCL lived with their family, 289 with Wali and 255 homeless.
Yashwant Jain, the National Commission for Members for Children’s Rights Protection, said environmental factors such as irregular environments contribute to the crime.
“Vocational at home observations can help overcome this,” he said.
A Delhi police officer said they had launched the YUVA scheme to provide work-oriented skills to vulnerable children.