List of states and union territories of India by crime rate
In 2018, a total of 50,74,634 cognizable crimes were registered in India according to the National Crime Records Bureau, comprising 31,32,954 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and 19,41,680 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes. [1][2]
Northeast India has consistently had the lowest incidence of crime, with four out of five of the least crime-prone states being from the region. Nagaland has continued to have the lowest registered crime rate (83.2 per lakh population) in the country, although it rose from 44. It also had the lowest incidence of crime based on percentage of share.
| State/UT | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Percentage share of state/UT (2018) | Rate of cognizable crimes (IPC+SLL)(2018) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4831515 | 5007044 | 5074634 | 100.0 | 383.4 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 129389 | 148002 | 144703 | 2.9 | 278.1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2700 | 2746 | 2817 | 0.1 | 188.7 |
| Assam | 107014 | 109952 | 120572 | 2.4 | 354.2 |
| Bihar | 189696 | 236055 | 262815 | 5.2 | 222.1 |
| Chhattisgarh | 84192 | 90516 | 98233 | 1.9 | 345.1 |
| Delhi | 216920 | 244714 | 262612 | 5.2 | 1342.5 |
| Goa | 3706 | 3943 | 3884 | 0.1 | 253.2 |
| Gujarat | 435422 | 334799 | 393194 | 7.7 | 584.1 |
| Haryana | 143111 | 224816 | 191229 | 3.8 | 673.3 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 17249 | 17796 | 19594 | 0.4 | 269.6 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 26624 | 25608 | 27276 | 0.5 | 203.1 |
| Jharkhand | 47817 | 52664 | 55664 | 1.1 | 150.3 |
| Karnataka | 179479 | 184063 | 163416 | 3.2 | 249.7 |
| Kerala | 707870 | 653500 | 512167 | 10.1 | 1463.2 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 365154 | 379682 | 405129 | 8.0 | 497.3 |
| Maharashtra | 430866 | 467753 | 515674 | 10.2 | 424.8 |
| Manipur | 4098 | 4250 | 3781 | 0.1 | 122.8 |
| Meghalaya | 3582 | 3952 | 3482 | 0.1 | 108.8 |
| Mizoram | 2800 | 2738 | 2351 | 0.0 | 198.6 |
| Nagaland | 1908 | 1553 | 1775 | 0.0 | 83.2 |
| Odisha | 103565 | 103866 | 107408 | 2.1 | 246.6 |
| Punjab | 57739 | 70673 | 70318 | 1.4 | 236.8 |
| Rajasthan | 251147 | 245553 | 250546 | 4.9 | 327.1 |
| Sikkim | 1020 | 979 | 869 | 0.0 | 131.9 |
| Tamil Nadu | 467369 | 420876 | 499188 | 9.8 | 661.5 |
| Telangana | 120273 | 133197 | 126858 | 2.5 | 342.6 |
| Tripura | 4081 | 4238 | 6078 | 0.1 | 153.4 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 494025 | 0 | 585157 | 11.5 | 262.4 |
| Uttarakhand | 16074 | 28861 | 34715 | 0.7 | 314.0 |
| West Bengal | 204400 | 195537 | 188063 | 3.7 | 194.9 |
See also
Note
- "All registered crimes in India 2016-2017-2018" (PDF). Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- List of states and union territories of India by population
References
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