The Wire Staff 
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh had the highest crime rate against people belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community in 2021, according to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data. In the same year, Kerala topped the list for crimes against individuals from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community, the data shows.
Crimes against people belonging to the SC community
In 2020 as well, MP had the highest crime rate against SCs, and in the previous year, it ranked second after Rajasthan, the data shows.
According to the NCRB data, MP had a crime rate of 63.6 against SCs in 2021, against the national average of 22.6.
Rajasthan ranked second in crimes against people belonging to the SC community with a rate of 60.8.
The actual population of SCs is calculated as per the 2011 Census. Crime rate (against SCs) is the number of crimes per 100,000 (SC) population.
The crimes includes all crimes/atrocities committed against SCs and not just those which was filed under the Prevention of Atrocities against SC/ST Act.
In terms of the number of incidences or cases against the people belonging to the SC community, Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 9,492 cases, followed by Rajasthan (7,435) and MP (7,211).
In this category, 45,610 cases were reported during the year under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The number of pending cases under the Act from the previous year stands at 17,146, the data shows.
Crimes against people belonging to the ST community
Kerala topped the list of the highest crime rate against people belong to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) community with a rate of 26.4, against a national average of 8.1. Rajasthan (22.7) was ranked second, followed by Madhya Pradesh (17.2).
In terms of the number of incidences or cases against the people belonging to the ST community, MP topped the list with 2,627 cases, followed by Rajasthan (2,101) and Odisha (676).
In this category, 8,475 cases were reported during the year under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. As many as 2,711 cases were pending under the Act from the previous year, the data shows.