<p>This paper investigates the impact of strengthening laws regarding crime against women in India during 2005–18 on the reporting of crime. The study is based on data from the National Crime Records Bureau from 1995 to 2021 across 28 states in India regarding both <i>internal</i> (domestic) and <i>external</i> (workplace) crimes against women. First, using the method of (endogenously determined) multiple structural breaks, it is examined whether the sharp upturns in crime reporting appear to correspond closely to the enactment of stronger laws regarding crime against women. Then the panel autoregressive distributive lag model is applied to examine the impact of some critical socioeconomic factors on crime reporting and to confirm whether,—controlling for these factors—the strengthening of laws that facilitated and expedited prosecution did lead to a significant increase in reporting of such crimes. Finally, it is noted that changes in crime reporting does not necessarily represent corresponding changes in actual crime so that the impact of changes in laws on the actual incidence of crime also need to be studied.</p>