National Crime Records Bureau

National Crime Records Bureau
Agency overview
Formed11 March 1986 (1986-03-11)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersDelhi - 110037
MottoEmpowering Indian Police with Information Technology
Agency executive
  • Vivek Gogia , IPS[1], Director
Parent departmentMinistry of Home Affairs
Key document
Websitencrb.gov.in

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is an Indian government agency responsible for collecting and analyzing, crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL). NCRB is headquartered in New Delhi and is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) under the Government of India. Vivek Gogia (IPS) is current Director of National Crime Record Bureau.

NCRB was set-up in 1986 to function as a repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators. It was set up based on the recommendation of the Task force, 1985 and National Police Commission, 1977 by merging the Directorate of Coordination and Police Computer (DCPC), Inter State Criminals Data Branch of CBI and Central Finger Print Bureau of CBI, Earlier Statistical Branch of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) was also merged with NCRB, but was later de-merged.[2]

  1. ^ "Appointment of Shri Ramphal Pawar as Director". PIB. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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