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
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. 1 2 "Crime Committed Against Women During 2015" (PDF). NCRB, Government of India. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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