Indian states ranking by safety of women

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This is a list of [[States and territories of India|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crime in India 2016. Statistics.|url=https://ncrb.gov.in/sites/default/files/Crime%20in%20India%20-%202016%20Complete%20PDF%20291117.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2021|website=National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Crime in India 2018. Statistics Volume 1.|url=https://ncrb.gov.in/sites/default/files/Crime%20in%20India%202018%20-%20Volume%201.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2021|website=National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|page=195}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Crime in India 2019. Statistics Volume 1.|url=https://ncrb.gov.in/sites/default/files/CII%202019%20Volume%201.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2021|website=National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>

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'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women, Peace, and Security Index|url=https://giwps.georgetown.edu/the-index/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Georgetown Institute of Women Peace and Security|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Srivastava|first=Anushika|date=17 October 2019|title=India Ranks 133rd In The Women, Peace And Security Index 2019|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/india-133rd-women-peace-security-index-2019/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-12|website=SheThePeople TV|language=en-US}}</ref>

== List ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2" |S.No
! rowspan="2" |State/UT
! colspan="3" |Crime against Women (IPC + SLL)
! rowspan="2" |Percentage Share of State/UT (2016)
! rowspan="2" |Rank Based on Incidence / % share (2016)
! rowspan="2" |Rate of Cognizable Crimes (2016)
! rowspan="2" |Rank Based on Crime Rate (2016)
! rowspan="2" |Rate of Total Crime against Women (2018){{Efn|Crime rate is calculated as crime per one lakh of population.}}
! rowspan="2" |Political entities with comparable crime rate (total crime rate)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crime Rate By Country 2021|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-country|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908062143/https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-country|archive-date=8 September 2021|access-date=2021-09-12|website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref>{{Efn|Here the comparison is with the total crime rate of these countries.}}{{Original research inline|date=September 2021}}
|-
! 2014 || 2016
!2018
|-
| 1
! [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| 16526 || 16362
|16438
| 4.8 || 8 || 63.5 || 9
|63.2
|{{Flag|Nigeria}},
{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|-
| 2
! [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| 351 || 367
|368
| 0.1 || 27 || 58.7 || 10
|51.1
|{{Flag|Malaysia}},
{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| 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
|{{Flag|Slovakia}},
{{Flag|Portugal}}
|-
| 5
! [[Chhattisgarh]]
| 6301 || 5947
|8587
| 1.8 || 16 || 45.9 || 18
|60.5
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}},
{{Flag|Kenya}}
|-
| 6
! [[Goa]]
| 508 || 371
|362
| 0.1 || 26 || 40.5 || 20
|47.6
|{{Flag|Sweden}},
{{Flag|United States}}
|-
| 7
! [[Gujarat]]
| 10854 || 8532
|8329
| 2.5 || 15 || 28.7 || 27
|26.0
|{{Flag|Denmark}},
{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|-
| 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
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}},
{{Flag|Belgium}}
|-
| 10
! [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 3327 || 2850
|3437
| 0.8 || 20 || 47.8 || 16
|54.0
|{{Flag|Botswana}},
{{Flag|Maldives}}
|-
| 11
! [[Jharkhand]]
| 6086 || 5453
|7083
| 1.6 || 17 || 33.2 || 25
|39.2
|{{Flag|Malta}},
{{Flag|Turkey}}
|-
| 12
! [[Karnataka]]
| 14004 || 14131
|13514
| 4.2 || 11 || 45.8 || 19
|41.9
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|-
| 13
! [[Kerala]]
| 11451 || 10034
|10461
| 3.0 || 13 || 54.9 || 12
|57.5
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|-
| 14
! [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 28756 || 26604
|28942
| 7.8 || 5 || 71.1 || 8
|73.5
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|-
| 15
! [[Maharashtra]]
| 26818 || 31388
|35497
| 9.3 || 3 ||54.6
| 13
|60.9
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|-
| 16
! [[Manipur]]
| 337 || 253
|271
| 0.1 || 28 || 19.6 || 32
|17.7
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|-
| 17
! [[Meghalaya]]
| 390 || 372
|571
| 0.1 || 25 || 27.0 || 28
|35.7
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|-
| 18
! [[Mizoram]]
| 258 || 120
|249
| 0.0 || 30 || 23.2 || 30
|42.2
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|-
| 19
! [[Nagaland]]
| 68 || 105
|75
| 0.0 || 32 || 9.2 || 36
|7.3
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|-
| 20
! [[Odisha]]
| 14651 || 17837
|20274
| 5.3 || 7 || 84.5 || 3
|91.3
|
|-
| 21
! [[Punjab (India)|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
|
|}
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==References==
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