# Indian states ranking by safety of women

This is a list of 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.
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'.

## List

| S.No | State/UT | Crime against Women (IPC + SLL) | Crime against Women (IPC + SLL) | Crime against Women (IPC + SLL) | Percentage Share of State/UT (2016) | Rank Based on Incidence / % share (2016) | Rate of Cognizable Crimes (2016) | Rank Based on Crime Rate (2016) | Rate of Total Crime against Women (2018) |
| S.No | State/UT | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | Percentage Share of State/UT (2016) | Rank Based on Incidence / % share (2016) | Rate of Cognizable Crimes (2016) | Rank Based on Crime Rate (2016) | Rate of Total Crime against Women (2018) |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 16526 | 16362 | 16438 | 4.8 | 8 | 63.5 | 9 | 63.2 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 351 | 367 | 368 | 0.1 | 27 | 58.7 | 10 | 51.1 |
| 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 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 6301 | 5947 | 8587 | 1.8 | 16 | 45.9 | 18 | 60.5 |
| 6 | Goa | 508 | 371 | 362 | 0.1 | 26 | 40.5 | 20 | 47.6 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 10854 | 8532 | 8329 | 2.5 | 15 | 28.7 | 27 | 26.0 |
| 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 |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3327 | 2850 | 3437 | 0.8 | 20 | 47.8 | 16 | 54.0 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 6086 | 5453 | 7083 | 1.6 | 17 | 33.2 | 25 | 39.2 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 14004 | 14131 | 13514 | 4.2 | 11 | 45.8 | 19 | 41.9 |
| 13 | Kerala | 11451 | 10034 | 10461 | 3.0 | 13 | 54.9 | 12 | 57.5 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 28756 | 26604 | 28942 | 7.8 | 5 | 71.1 | 8 | 73.5 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 26818 | 31388 | 35497 | 9.3 | 3 | 54.6 | 13 | 60.9 |
| 16 | Manipur | 337 | 253 | 271 | 0.1 | 28 | 19.6 | 32 | 17.7 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 390 | 372 | 571 | 0.1 | 25 | 27.0 | 28 | 35.7 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 258 | 120 | 249 | 0.0 | 30 | 23.2 | 30 | 42.2 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 68 | 105 | 75 | 0.0 | 32 | 9.2 | 36 | 7.3 |
| 20 | Odisha | 14651 | 17837 | 20274 | 5.3 | 7 | 84.5 | 3 | 91.3 |
| 21 | 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 | 59691 | 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 | 30 | 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 |
Notes:
* ↑ Crime rate is calculated as crime per one lakh of population.