A total of 28,522 FIRs of murder were registered in 2022, an average of 78 killings every day or more than three every hour, across India, PTI reported quoting NCRB data. The figures were down from 29,272 murder cases in 2021 and 29,193 in 2020. 'Disputes' with 9,962 cases was the motive in the highest number of 2022's murder cases.