Nearly 96 percent of offenders are either related or known to victims, say police. A total of 706 rape cases were reported in Delhi 2012 as compared to 572 in 2011. However, the incidence of rape per lakh population has shown a steady decline, coming down from 4.42 per lakh in 2005 to 4.15 per lakh in 2011. Addressing the annual press conference of the Delhi Police, Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said that the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a moving bus in Delhi on 16 December was ‘a turning point’ in rape cases.