Indian states ranking by safety of women
This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to crime against women and rate of crime against women. The list is compiled from the 2016 and 2018 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India.[1][2][3]
As of 2016, Delhi is the least safe State/UT with the highest cognizable crime rate of 160.4 (per 100,000 persons). Nagaland has the lowest incidence of crime based on the percentage of share.
India ranks 148 out of 170 countries in the 'Women, Peace And Security Index 2021'.[4][5]
List[]
S.No | State/UT | Crime against Women (IPC + SLL) | Percentage Share of State/UT (2016) | Rank Based on Incidence / % share (2016) | Rate of Cognizable Crimes (2016) | Rank Based on Crime Rate (2016) | Rate of Total Crime against Women (2018)[a] | Political entities with comparable crime rate (total crime rate)[6][b][original research?] | ||
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2014 | 2016 | 2018 | ||||||||
1 | karnataka | 16526 | 16362 | 16438 | 4.8 | 8 | 63.5 | 9 | 63.2 | ![]() |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 351 | 367 | 368 | 0.1 | 27 | 58.7 | 10 | 51.1 | ![]() |
3 | Assam | 19169 | 20869 | 27728 | 6.2 | 6 | 131.3 | 2 | 166.0 | |
4 | Bihar | 15393 | 13400 | 16920 | 4.0 | 12 | 26.6 | 29 | 29.8 | ![]() |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 6301 | 5947 | 8587 | 1.8 | 16 | 45.9 | 18 | 60.5 | ![]() |
6 | Goa | 508 | 371 | 362 | 0.1 | 26 | 40.5 | 20 | 47.6 | ![]() |
7 | Gujarat | 10854 | 8532 | 8329 | 2.5 | 15 | 28.7 | 27 | 26.0 | ![]() |
8 | Haryana | 9010 | 9839 | 14326 | 2.9 | 14 | 77.8 | 6 | 107.5 | |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 1529 | 1222 | 1633 | 0.4 | 22 | 35.2 | 24 | 45.6 | ![]() |
10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3327 | 2850 | 3437 | 0.8 | 20 | 47.8 | 16 | 54.0 | ![]() |
11 | Jharkhand | 6086 | 5453 | 7083 | 1.6 | 17 | 33.2 | 25 | 39.2 | ![]() |
12 | Andhra pradesh | 14004 | 14131 | 13514 | 4.2 | 11 | 45.8 | 19 | 41.9 | ![]() |
13 | Kerala | 11451 | 10034 | 10461 | 3.0 | 13 | 54.9 | 12 | 57.5 | ![]() |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 28756 | 26604 | 28942 | 7.8 | 5 | 71.1 | 8 | 73.5 | ![]() |
15 | Maharashtra | 26818 | 31388 | 35497 | 9.3 | 3 | 54.6 | 13 | 60.9 | ![]() |
16 | Manipur | 337 | 253 | 271 | 0.1 | 28 | 19.6 | 32 | 17.7 | ![]() |
17 | Meghalaya | 390 | 372 | 571 | 0.1 | 25 | 27.0 | 28 | 35.7 | ![]() |
18 | Mizoram | 258 | 120 | 249 | 0.0 | 30 | 23.2 | 30 | 42.2 | ![]() |
19 | Nagaland | 68 | 105 | 75 | 0.0 | 32 | 9.2 | 36 | 7.3 | ![]() |
20 | Odisha | 14651 | 17837 | 20274 | 5.3 | 7 | 84.5 | 3 | 91.3 | |
21 | Punjab | 5481 | 5105 | 5302 | 1.5 | 18 | 38.0 | 22 | 37.7 | |
22 | Rajasthan | 31216 | 27422 | 27866 | 8.1 | 4 | 78.3 | 5 | 75.1 | |
23 | Sikkim | 111 | 153 | 172 | 0.0 | 29 | 50.3 | 15 | 55.5 | |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 6354 | 4463 | 5822 | 1.3 | 19 | 12.9 | 34 | 15.4 | |
25 | Telangana | 14147 | 15374 | 16027 | 4.5 | 9 | 83.7 | 4 | 87.1 | |
26 | Tripura | 1618 | 1013 | 907 | 0.3 | 23 | 53.9 | 14 | 46.5 | |
27 | Uttar Pradesh | 38918 | 49262 | 59445 | 14.5 | 1 | 47.5 | 17 | 55.7 | |
28 | Uttrakhand | 1413 | 1588 | 2817 | 0.5 | 21 | 30.4 | 26 | 52.2 | |
29 | West Bengal | 38 | 12 | 30394 | 9.6 | 2 | 71.2 | 7 | 64.4 | |
30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 117 | 108 | 147 | 0.0 | 31 | 40.1 | 21 | 77.4 | |
31 | Chandigarh | 434 | 414 | 442 | 0.1 | 24 | 56.7 | 11 | 83.4 | |
32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 21 | 28 | 38 | 0.0 | 35 | 14.4 | 33 | 17.3 | |
33 | Daman and Diu | 16 | 41 | 16 | 0.0 | 34 | 37.3 | 23 | 12.3 | |
34 | Delhi | 15319 | 15310 | 13640 | 4.5 | 10 | 160.4 | 1 | 149.6 | |
35 | Lakshwadeep | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0.0 | 36 | 21.4 | 31 | 36.7 | |
36 | Pondicherry | 77 | 95 | 166 | 0.0 | 33 | 12.8 | 35 | 21.6 |
Notes:
References[]
- ^ "Crime in India 2016. Statistics" (PDF). National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Crime in India 2018. Statistics Volume 1" (PDF). National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. p. 195. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Crime in India 2019. Statistics Volume 1" (PDF). National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Women, Peace, and Security Index". Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security (in American English). Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ Srivastava, Anushika (17 October 2019). "India Ranks 133rd In The Women, Peace And Security Index 2019". SheThePeople TV (in American English). Retrieved 2021-09-12.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Crime Rate By Country 2021". worldpopulationreview.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
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