Juvenile Violent Crime Trends in Metropolitan Cities of India

Juvenile crime in India signifies a major concern in criminological inquiry, that reflects the analogy of interplay of Social Issues, economic conditions, developmental issues in shaping the behaviour. This study accentuates juvenile crime trends from 2016 to 2023, by the official data published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in Crime in India. This study examines the juvenile criminality with age and gender distribution, spatial distribution and the year wise trends across the country. Particular focus is placed on crime against human body such as Murder, Attempt to Murder, Hurt, Kidnap, Rape and against the modesty of Women. In addition, study investigates the distribution of juvenile crime across the metropolitan cities to know the urban crime dynamics.