Karnataka records 96 cybercrimes against children in 2024
BENGALURU: Karnataka recorded 96 cybercrimes against children in 2024, with 77 cases involving Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), accounting for nearly 80% of the total, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data analysed by Child Rights and You (CRY).
The number of cybercrimes against children in the state declined sharply from 363 cases in 2023 to 96 in 2024. However, the figure remains significantly higher than the 25 cases reported in 2018. Karnataka had recorded zero such cases in 2017.
