Indian states ranking by safety of women
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This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to safety of women as on 2016 based on the number of reported sexual assault cases. The list is compiled from the 2016 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India.
As of 2016, Delhi has the least safe State/UT with the highest cognizable crime rate of 160.4 (per 100,000 persons) and Uttar Pradesh has the highest incidence of crime on women based on percentage of share [1]. Nagaland has the lowest crime rate against women. Lakshwadeep has the lowest incidence of crime based on percentage of share.
S.No | State/UT | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Percentage Share of State/UT (2016)[2] | Rank Based on Incidence / % share (2016) | Rate of Cognizable Crimes (2016) | Rank Based on Crime Rate (2016) |
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1 | Andra Pradesh | 16526 | 15967 | 16362 | 4.8 | 8 | 63.5 | 9 |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 351 | 384 | 367 | 0.1 | 27 | 58.7 | 10 |
3 | Assam | 191969 | 23365 | 20869 | 6.2 | 6 | 131.3 | 2 |
4 | Bihar | 15393 | 13904 | 13400 | 4.0 | 12 | 26.6 | 29 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 6301 | 5783 | 5947 | 1.8 | 16 | 45.9 | 18 |
6 | Goa | 508 | 392 | 371 | 0.1 | 26 | 40.5 | 20 |
7 | Gujarat | 10854 | 7777 | 8532 | 2.5 | 15 | 28.7 | 27 |
8 | Haryana | 9010 | 9511 | 9839 | 2.9 | 14 | 77.8 | 6 |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 1529 | 1295 | 1222 | 0.4 | 22 | 35.2 | 24 |
10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3327 | 3366 | 2850 | 0.8 | 20 | 47.8 | 16 |
11 | Jharkhand | 6086 | 6568 | 5453 | 1.6 | 17 | 33.2 | 25 |
12 | Karnataka | 14004 | 12775 | 14131 | 4.2 | 11 | 45.8 | 19 |
13 | Kerala | 11451 | 9767 | 10034 | 3.0 | 13 | 54.9 | 12 |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 28756 | 24231 | 26604 | 7.8 | 5 | 71.1 | 8 |
15 | Maharashtra | 26818 | 31216 | 31388 | 9.3 | 3 | 54.6 | 13 |
16 | Manipur | 337 | 266 | 253 | 0.1 | 28 | 19.6 | 32 |
17 | Meghalaya | 390 | 337 | 372 | 0.1 | 25 | 27.0 | 28 |
18 | Mizoram | 258 | 158 | 120 | 0.0 | 30 | 23.2 | 30 |
19 | Nagaland | 68 | 91 | 105 | 0.0 | 32 | 9.2 | 36 |
20 | Odisha | 14651 | 17200 | 17837 | 5.3 | 7 | 84.5 | 3 |
21 | Punjab | 5481 | 5340 | 5105 | 1.5 | 18 | 38.0 | 22 |
22 | Rajasthan | 31216 | 28224 | 27422 | 8.1 | 4 | 78.3 | 5 |
23 | Sikkim | 111 | 53 | 153 | 0.0 | 29 | 50.3 | 15 |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 6354 | 5919 | 4463 | 1.3 | 19 | 12.9 | 34 |
25 | Telangana | 14147 | 15425 | 15374 | 4.5 | 9 | 83.7 | 4 |
26 | Tripura | 1618 | 1267 | 1013 | 0.3 | 23 | 53.9 | 14 |
27 | Uttar Pradesh | 38918 | 35908 | 49262 | 14.5 | 1 | 47.5 | 17 |
28 | Uttarakhand | 1413 | 1465 | 1588 | 0.5 | 21 | 30.4 | 26 |
29 | West Bengal | 38424 | 33318 | 32513 | 9.6 | 2 | 71.2 | 7 |
30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 117 | 136 | 108 | 0.0 | 31 | 40.1 | 21 |
31 | Chandigarh | 434 | 468 | 414 | 0.1 | 24 | 56.7 | 11 |
32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 21 | 25 | 28 | 0.0 | 35 | 14.4 | 33 |
33 | Daman and Diu | 16 | 29 | 41 | 0.0 | 34 | 37.3 | 23 |
34 | Delhi | 15319 | 17222 | 15310 | 4.5 | 10 | 160.4 | 1 |
35 | Lakshwadeep | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 36 | 21.4 | 31 |
36 | Puducherry | 77 | 82 | 95 | 0.0 | 33 | 12.8 | 35 |
Notes
- ^ "Crime in India 2016" (PDF). National Crime Record Bureau. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Crime in India 2016" (PDF). National Crime Record Bureau. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
References
- http://ncrb.gov.in/StatPublications/CII/CII2016/pdfs/Table%203A.1.pdf NCRB, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India