Indian states ranking by safety of women

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to safety of women as on 2012. The list is compiled from the 2012 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India.The rank is calculated according to the rate of Assaults on Women. The assault rate represents number of incidents charged with Assault on Women with intent to outrage her modesty (Section 314 of the Indian Penal Code) per 1,00,000 of the female population. Regions where assault on women are lower, have better ranks and are considered safer for women.

According to National Crime Records Bureau data, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Odisha ranked worst with the highest rate of assaults on women, while the safest state for women in India is Bihar

Safety Rank	State/U.T.	Rate of Assault on Women (per 100,000 population) 2012
1	Bihar	0.25
2	Nagaland	1.47
3	Jharkhand	1.83
4	Gujarat	2.62
4	Punjab	2.62
5	Uttarakhand	2.80
6	Meghalaya	3.27
7	Uttar Pradesh	3.34
8	Manipur	3.97
9	Haryana	4.40
10	Tamil Nadu	4.41
11	Goa	5.64
12	Sikkim	6.51
13	Rajasthan	7.10
14	Maharashtra	7.19
15	Himachal Pradesh	7.44
16	West Bengal	7.60
**	All India Average	7.75
17	Karnataka	10.03
18	Arunachal Pradesh	11.22
19	Andhra Pradesh	11.29
20	Assam	12.16
21	Chhattisgarh	13.02
22	Mizoram	17.17
23	Tripura	17.51
24	Madhya Pradesh	18.88
25	Odisha	20.53
26	Kerala	20.92
27	Jammu and Kashmir	23.28
U/T	Daman and Diu	0.0
U/T	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1.16
U/T	Lakshadweep	2.56
U/T	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	6.97
U/T	Chandigarh	7.02
U/T	Delhi	8.51
U/T	Puducherry	8.6

References

• http://ncrb.nic.in/CD-CII2012/Home.asp NCRB, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India