New Delhi: The national capital records 40 cases of crimes against women every day and the highest among these are of rape, molestation and sexual harassment in public, known in local parlance as eve-teasing, official data shows. While the figures have risen over the last year, Delhi Police claim to have solved over 90 percent of the cases.

The compilation of data by Delhi Police, a copy of which is available with IANS, shows that 11,683 cases of crimes against women were registered between Jan 1 and Oct 20 against 10,064 cases registered during the same period last year - an increase of 16 percent.