Every year, more than 30,000 cases are being registered under various sections of POCSO with majority of them being child rape incidents. In 2014, out of the 34,449 cases registered under POCSO, 13,766 were cases of child rape (40% of all the cases).

In 2015, 10,854 child rape cases were reported out of the total 34,505 cases registered under POCSO. In 2016, cases of child rape accounted for a whopping 55% of all the cases registered under POCSO.