The accelerating incidents of rape crime in Rajasthan have become a serious social crisis of the present time. Using the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), this article explores the spatial growth of rape crime in Rajasthan. To analyse these spatial patterns, growth rate of rape crime from 2015 to 2021 was calculated and mapping was done with the help of ArcGIS software. The results for the study conclude that the spatial growth of rape crime in Rajasthan displays a picture of irregular distribution. Relatively less growth rate of rape crime was found in districts with high number of rape cases while relatively higher growth rate was found in districts with less number of rape cases.
ArcGIS, Growth rate, NCRB, Rajasthan, Rape crime, Spatial analysis
