Odisha records 37,611 crimes against women between June 2024 and July 2025, CM tells Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered as many as 37,611 cases of crimes against women between 1 June 2024 and 31 July 2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the State Assembly today in reply to a question from MLA Arun Sahoo.

As per the information, molestation (9,181) and kidnapping/abduction (8,227) were the two largest categories, together accounting for 17,408 cases, about 46.3% of the total.

Key numbers from the data:

• Molestation: 9,181

• Kidnapping/Abduction of women: 8,227

• Non-dowry torture: 6,134

• Dowry torture: 5,464

• Rape: 2,933

• Voyeurism: 135

• Public disrobing of women: 2,161

• Sexual harassment: 1,278

• Trafficking of women: 127

• Eve-teasing: 702

• Stalking: 447

• Refusal to marry after sex: 334

• Dowry homicide: 264

• Dowry suicide: 44

• Attempt to commit rape: 174

The data also records the number of acid-related offences (3 acid attacks and 2 attempts) and 1 case listed as “sexual intercourse not amounting to rape.”