Even ascybercrime casescontinue to rise inAndhra Pradesh,conviction ratecontinues to be low. Theconvictionrate incybercrimecases has gone through ups and downs in the state. It stood at 5.4% in both 2017 and 2019 but had gone up to 19.2% in 2019. As many as 1,983 cybercrime cases were reported in the state in 2020, a majority of them from Vizag andVijayawadacities.
In 2018, a total of 802 cybercrime cases went to trial, including cases from previous years. In 2019, 56 cases went to trial of which only three ended in conviction.
1,2001,300 cybercrimes are reported in Andhra Pradesh every year, but charge-sheet is filed in only 3040% cases while remaining cases remain under investigation.