Indian states and territories ranking by crime rate
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by the recognizable Crime Rate as on 2012 and 2015, and represents the number of cognizable crimes occurred for every 100,000 persons. The list is compiled from the 2012 and 2015 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India[1]
Kerala has the highest cognizable crime rate of 723.2 (per 100,000 persons) as on 2015,[2][3] while Nagaland recorded lowest rates of 55.1 (per 100,000 persons).
| Rank | State | Cognizable Crime Rate (per 100,000) 2015[4] | Cognizable Crime Rate (per 100,000) 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala | 723.2 | 455.8 |
| 2 | Madhya Pradesh | 348.3 | 298.8 |
| 3 | Assam | 321.8 | 250.0 |
| 4 | Haryana | 310.4 | 240.4 |
| 5 | Telangana | 290.7 | - |
| 6 | Rajasthan | 273.9 | 246.9 |
| 7 | Tamil Nadu | 271.2 | 294.8 |
| 8 | Maharashtra | 231.2 | 176.7 |
| 9 | Arunachal Pradesh | 227.8 | 192.1 |
| 10 | Karnataka | 224.0 | 222.5 |
| 11 | Chhattisgarh | 220.9 | 221.1 |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 215.6 | 224.5 |
| 13 | Mizoram | 211.2 | 173.1 |
| 14 | Gujarat | 203.6 | 585.6 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 198.5 | 182.6 |
| 16 | Odisha | 197.3 | 164.8 |
| 17 | West Bengal | 193.0 | 178.2 |
| 18 | Jammu and Kashmir | 191.2 | 206.5 |
| 19 | Bihar | 171.6 | 127.8 |
| 20 | Goa | 156.4 | 196.7 |
| 21 | Manipur | 149.5 | 150.3 |
| 22 | Meghalaya | 148.2 | 96.1 |
| 23 | Jharkhand | 135.1 | 147.4 |
| 24 | Punjab | 131.2 | 127.4 |
| 25 | Tripura | 123.5 | 170.6 |
| 26 | Sikkim | 119.3 | 84.9 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 112.1 | 96.4 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 97.2 | 87.7 |
| 29 | Nagaland | 55.1 | 47.7 |
| U/T | Puducherry | 291.0 | |
| U/T | Delhi | 283.3 | |
| U/T | Chandigarh | 235.4 | |
| U/T | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 133.4 | |
| U/T | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 84.6 | |
| U/T | Daman and Diu | 83.9 | |
| U/T | Lakshadweep | 77.9 |
Notes
- ↑ "Crime in India, 2012" (PDF). NCRB, Government of India. 2012. p. 200. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Crime rate highest in Kerala". The Hindu. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Kerala is country's most crime-prone state, NCRB statistics show". Times of India. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Crime in India 2015" (PDF). National Crime Record Bureau. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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