Indian states and territories ranked by safety of women
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This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to safety of women as on 2012. The list is compiled from the 2012 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 314 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, Jammu and Kashmir, nagaland and Odisha ranked worst with the highest rate of assaults on women, while the five safest States for women in India are himachal pradesh,kerela, uttarakhand, Gujarat and Punjab[1]
| Safety Rank | State/U.T. | Rate of Assault on Women[1] (per 100,000 population) 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Himachal Pradesh | 0.25 |
| 2 | Kerala | 1.47 |
| 3 | Uttarakhand | 1.83 |
| 4 | Gujarat | 2.62 |
| 4 | Punjab | 2.62 |
| 5 | tamil nadu | 2.80 |
| 6 | Meghalaya | 3.27 |
| 7 | goa | 3.34 |
| 8 | Manipur | 3.97 |
| 9 | Haryana | 4.40 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 4.41 |
| 11 | arunachal pradesh | 5.64 |
| 12 | Sikkim | 6.51 |
| 13 | Rajasthan | 7.10 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 7.19 |
| 15 | bihar | 7.44 |
| 16 | West Bengal | 7.60 |
| ** | All India Average | 7.75 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 10.03 |
| 18 | tripura | 11.22 |
| 19 | Andhra Pradesh | 11.29 |
| 20 | Assam | 12.16 |
| 21 | Chhattisgarh | 13.02 |
| 22 | Mizoram | 17.17 |
| 23 | madhya pradesh | 17.51 |
| 24 | jammu & kashmir | 18.88 |
| 25 | Odisha | 20.53 |
| 26 | nagaland | 20.92 |
| 27 | utter pradesh | 23.28 |
| U/T | Daman and Diu | 0.0 |
| U/T | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1.16 |
| U/T | Lakshadweep | 2.56 |
| U/T | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 6.97 |
| U/T | Chandigarh | 7.02 |
| U/T | pondichery | 8.51 |
| U/T | delhi | 8.6 |
Notes
References
- http://ncrb.nic.in/CD-CII2012/Home.asp NCRB, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
