Indian states and territories ranked by safety of women
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to safety of women as on 2015. The list is compiled from the 2015 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 354 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, Odisha, Telangana and Assam ranked worst with the highest rate of assaults on women, while the safest state for women in India is Nagaland[1]
Safety Rank | State/U.T. | Rate of Assault on Women[1] (per 100,000 population) 2015 |
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1 | Nagaland | 8 |
2 | Tamil Nadu | 17 |
3 | Sikkim | 17.6 |
4 | Manipur | 20.8 |
5 | Meghalaya | 24.5 |
6 | Gujarat | 26.3 |
7 | Bihar | 27.9 |
8 | Uttarakhand | 28.2 |
9 | Mizoram | 30.9 |
10 | Uttar Pradesh | 34.8 |
11 | Himachal Pradesh | 37.4 |
12 | Punjab | 39.7 |
13 | Goa | 39.9 |
14 | Jharkhand | 40.2 |
15 | Karnataka | 41.6 |
16 | Chhattisgarh | 44.8 |
17 | Kerala | 53.4 |
** | All India Average | 53.9 |
18 | Maharashtra | 54.8 |
19 | Jammu and Kashmir | 57 |
20 | Arunachal Pradesh | 62.1 |
21 | Andhra Pradesh | 62.3 |
22 | Madhya Pradesh | 65.5 |
23 | Tripura | 68.2 |
24 | West Bengal | 73.4 |
25 | Haryana | 75.7 |
26 | Rajasthan | 81.5 |
27 | Odisha | 81.9 |
28 | Telangana | 23.28 |
29 | Assam | 148.2 |
U/T | Lakshadweep | 0.4 |
U/T | Daman and Diu | 1.1 |
U/T | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1.9 |
U/T | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2.7 |
U/T | Chandigarh | 7.1 |
U/T | Puducherry | 7.4 |
U/T | Delhi | 92.8 |
Notes
- 1 2 "Crime Committed Against Women During 2015" (PDF). NCRB, Government of India. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
References
- http://ncrb.gov.in/StatPublications/CII/CII2015/Table%20of%20Contents.htm NCRB, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India