Cybercrime and cyber attacks in Kerala
Police in Kerala registered 2,962 cybercrime cases in 2024 (down 10% on 2023), or 8.2 per lakh people: close to the national rate of 7.3. That ranks Kerala 5th of 35 states and union territories. In the past 12 months, 2 organisations based here were posted on ransomware leak sites.
Cybercrime cases, 2020 to 2024
Cases registered by police, from NCRB’s Crime in India as given to Parliament (PIB). Cases, not complaints: far more people report fraud than reach a police case.
Ransomware, past 12 months
2 victims located here. States with fewer than 3 are not broken down by sector or group, so no organisation can be picked out.
See the state map.
Been a victim of cybercrime? Call the national helpline 1930 or report at cybercrime.gov.in. Report money lost to fraud as fast as possible: the sooner it is reported, the better the chance of freezing it.
States with similar rates
Cybercrime figures: NCRB, Crime in India 2024, via a Lok Sabha reply (PIB); rates use Registrar General population projections. Ransomware: victims located from leak-site posts in ransomware.live’s data, past 12 months to 16 Oct 2026. Victims are never named. See the method.