Indian states and territories ranking by crime rate

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by the Cognizable Crime Rate as on 2012, and represents the number of cognizable crimes occurred for every 100,000 persons. The list is compiled from the 2012 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India^[1]

Gujarath has the highest cognizable crime rate of 455.8 as on 2012,^[2][3] while Nagaland recorded lowest rates.

Rank	State	Cognizable Crime Rate (per 100,000) 2013
1	Gujarath	502.2
2	Madhya Pradesh	303.8
3	Tamil Nadu	297.6
4	Rajasthan	279.2
5	Assam	277.3
6	Haryana	273.0
7	kerala	258.8
8	Andhra Pradesh	252.1
9	Goa	228.8
10	Chhattisgarh	227.3
11	Karnataka	224.7
12	Arunachal Pradesh	217.9
13	Jammu & Kashmir	210.5
14	Maharashtra	201.7
15	Himachal Pradesh	198.2
16	West Bengal	185.5
17	Odisha	172.5
18	Tripura	167.2
19	Bihar	166.3
20	Mizoram	165.6
21	Jharkhand	148.4
22	Sikkim	135.3
23	Punjab	129.2
24	Manipur	126.3
25	Meghalaya	121.1
25	Uttar Pradesh	108.4
26	Uttarakhand	92.9
27	Sikkim	84.9
28	Nagaland	52.6
U/T	Delhi	406.70
U/T	Chandigarh	254.0
U/T	Puducherry	244.9
U/T	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	116.6
U/T	Daman and Diu	82.8
U/T	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	80.1
U/T	Lakshadweep	51.3

Notes

{{NCRB 2013 Resport<http://www.ncrb.gov.in/StatPublications/CII/CII2013/Statistics-2013.pdf><http://www.ncrb.gov.in/StatPublications/CII/CII2013/Statistics-2013.pdf>}}

References

1. "Crime in India, 2012" (PDF). NCRB, Government of India. 2012. p. 200. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
2. "Crime rate highest in Kerala". The Hindu. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
3. "Kerala is country’s most crime-prone state, NCRB statistics show". Times of India. Retrieved April 20, 2014.