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Conviction rate (IPC)
Share of court-tried IPC cases ending in conviction. Cross-state comparisons should be made with care; variations reflect both prosecution quality and differences in case mix.
Tamil Nadu's conviction rate is 15.5% % (2023), per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs.
Tamil Nadu, latest
15.5%
2023
Last verified
Change
+3.3%
2015 → 2023
Rank vs compared states
#4 of 5
TN vs MH, KA, GJ, UP · higher is better
Tamil Nadu's Conviction rate is 15.5% (2023), up +3.3% since 2015. It ranks #4 of 5 compared states (higher is better).
About this indicator
This is the share of tried IPC cases that end in conviction, reflecting how often prosecutions succeed once they reach a verdict. It depends on the quality of investigation, evidence, witnesses, and prosecution, as well as court practices, so it is a downstream measure of the whole justice chain rather than police work alone. Comparisons are complicated by huge case backlogs and by how each state counts and disposes of cases, so it partly reflects procedure, not just guilt or innocence.
Tamil Nadu's Conviction rate rose from 15.0% (2015) to 15.5% (2023).
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs
Compare with Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh
- 1 UP Uttar Pradesh 57.0% 2023
- 2 GJ Gujarat 24.5% 2023
- 3 KA Karnataka 17.0% 2023
- 4 TN Tamil Nadu 15.5% 2023
- 5 MH Maharashtra 14.0% 2023
Tamil Nadu highlighted. Each row shows that state's value and the year it is from. Compare like years with care.
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Methodology & notes
NCRB Crime in India tables. Conviction rate = (convictions ÷ trials completed) × 100, IPC offences.
All values
Every observation, by state and period. Newest first.
Tamil Nadu
- 2023 2023 15.5%
- 2022 2022 16.0%
- 2021 2021 17.0%
- 2020 2020 16.5%
- 2019 2019 13.5%
- 2018 2018 12.5%
- 2017 2017 14.0%
- 2016 2016 14.5%
- 2015 2015 15.0%
Maharashtra 9 values
- 2023 2023 14.0%
- 2022 2022 14.5%
- 2021 2021 14.0%
- 2020 2020 13.0%
- 2019 2019 14.5%
- 2018 2018 14.0%
- 2017 2017 13.5%
- 2016 2016 13.0%
- 2015 2015 12.5%
Karnataka 9 values
- 2023 2023 17.0%
- 2022 2022 17.5%
- 2021 2021 18.0%
- 2020 2020 17.5%
- 2019 2019 16.5%
- 2018 2018 17.0%
- 2017 2017 16.5%
- 2016 2016 17.5%
- 2015 2015 17.0%
Gujarat 9 values
- 2023 2023 24.5%
- 2022 2022 25.0%
- 2021 2021 26.5%
- 2020 2020 24.0%
- 2019 2019 27.5%
- 2018 2018 25.5%
- 2017 2017 24.5%
- 2016 2016 23.0%
- 2015 2015 26.0%
Uttar Pradesh 9 values
- 2023 2023 57.0%
- 2022 2022 57.5%
- 2021 2021 58.0%
- 2020 2020 56.0%
- 2019 2019 61.5%
- 2018 2018 59.0%
- 2017 2017 60.0%
- 2016 2016 58.5%
- 2015 2015 57.0%
Cross-state comparison (2023)
Sorted high → low. Tamil Nadu highlighted.
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