CRPF Records 5-Year High Of 59 Suicides In 2025; Over 80 Per Cent Of Deaths Involved Constabulary
The CRPF recorded 59 suicides in 2025, its highest annual figure in five years, with over 80% of the deaths involving constabulary personnel. Official data showed 262 suicides between 2021 and 2025, rising to 281 including cases till July 2026. Officials linked most cases to domestic issues and the pressures of operational duties.
CRPF recorded its highest annual number of suicides in five years during 2025, with most cases involving personnel from the constabulary | AI Generated Representational Image
New Delhi, August 6, 2026: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recorded 59 suicides in 2025, its highest annual figure in five years, with more than 80 per cent of those who died belonging to the constabulary, official sources said on Thursday.
Official data showed that 262 CRPF personnel died by suicide between 2021 and 2025. Of them, 202, or more than 77 per cent, died while on duty, while the remaining cases occurred when personnel were on leave.
Home Issues, Duty Stress Cited
While the CRPF did not issue an official response, officials told PTI that the force had introduced several measures to safeguard the physical and mental health of its personnel and that these efforts were continuing.
"It has been largely found that maximum suicide cases are linked to issues at home, coupled with the rigours of service and demanding duties," the officials said.
The CRPF, India's largest paramilitary force, has around 3.25 lakh personnel and serves as the country's lead internal security force. Officials said about 95-97 per cent of its operational strength is deployed at any given time for counter-insurgency, anti-terror operations and law-and-order duties.
Five-Year Data
The CRPF recorded 59 suicides in 2025, compared with 46 in 2024, 57 in 2023, 43 in 2022 and 57 in 2021.
Including 19 cases reported till July 2026, 281 personnel have died by suicide since 2021. Of them, 237 were non-gazetted personnel, 43 were subordinate officers and one was a gazetted officer. Non-gazetted personnel accounted for nearly 84 per cent of the total.
Non-gazetted ranks comprise constables and head constables, while subordinate officers include inspectors, sub-inspectors and assistant sub-inspectors. Officers of the rank of assistant commandant and above are gazetted officers.
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Most Deaths By Hanging Or Firearms
Of the cases recorded over the period, 128 personnel died by hanging and 118 by firearm, while 12 died after consuming poison.
Two cases each involved personnel jumping before a train and cutting their veins or throat, according to the sources.
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