A Role of Statistics Against Women Harassment and Crime in Bihar

Abstract

Women’s harassment and crime remain serious social, legal, and administrative concerns in Bihar. Statistical analysis plays an important role in understanding the scale, pattern, location, causes, reporting behaviour, and institutional response related to crimes against women. The present paper examines the role of statistics in identifying risk patterns, reporting gaps, and preventive strategies for women’s safety in Bihar. The study uses a descriptive and analytical approach based on official crimereporting frameworks and simulated survey-based results for academic demonstration. Official NCRB-linked data show that Bihar reported a sharp rise in registered cyber crimes against women from 56 cases in 2021 to 644 cases in 2023. Official dataalso show that Bihar recorded 4,534 cases of kidnapping and abduction of women above 18 years and 4,933 cases involving girls below 18 years for compelling marriage in 2023. These figures indicate the need for deeper statistical monitoring of gender-based crime categories, especially cyber harassment, domestic abuse, abduction, and under-reporting. The simulated results in this paper suggest that education, legal awareness, police accessibility, family support, and fear of social stigma significantly influence women’s willingness to report harassment and crime. The paper concludes that statistics should not be used only for record keeping, but also as a tool for prevention, early warning, policy planning, police deployment, legal awareness, and survivor support.