List of states and union territories of India by crime rate explained

The crime rate (crime incidence per 100,000 of population) in India has decreased from 487.8 in 2020 to 445.9 in 2021 according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Crime occurrence and crime rate varies from state to state and also by the type of crime.

Among states, Kerala has the highest crime rate, and Nagaland has the lowest crime rate in 2021. Overall, Delhi has the highest crime rate, and D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu has the lowest crime rate in 2021.

Violent crimes are particularly high in Eastern India, Northeast India, National Capital Region (India). Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh have violent crime rate higher than the national average in 2021.

Jharkhand has the highest murder rate in 2021.

Rajasthan has the highest rape rate in 2021.

Delhi has the highest kidnapping and robbery rate in 2021.

Punjab has the highest drugs trafficking rate in 2021.

Uttar Pradesh has the highest illegal arms seizure rate in 2021.

Some causes of crimes are region specific.^[1] Insurgents committed 178 crimes in 2021, mostly in Manipur. Left wing extremists committed 387 crimes in 2021, mostly in Chhattisgarh. Terrorists committed 380 crimes in 2021, mostly in Jammu & Kashmir.

Gujarat has the highest investigation and charge-sheeting rate, while Manipur has the lowest investigation and charge-sheeting rate in 2021.

Mizoram has the highest conviction rate, while Lakshadweep has the lowest conviction rate in 2021.

State-wise statistics

Data is based on the annual "Crime in India" publication by the National Crime Records Bureau.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Key:

• Crime Rate is calculated as crime per one lakh (100,000) of population. That is, rate of cognizable crimes (IPC+SLL).
• IPC: Indian Penal Code
• SLL: Special & Local Laws
• Crime Density: Crime per 100 sq. km ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}
• Investigation rate: Cases disposed, quashed or withdrawn by police as a percentage of total cases available for investigation
• Charge-sheeting rate: Cases where charges were framed against accused, as a percentage of total cases disposed after investigation
• Conviction rate: Cases where accused was convicted by court after completion of a trial, as a percentage of total cases where trial was completed

State/UT	Total IPC & SLL Crimes (State/UT-wise) 2018-2021				% share of state/UT		Crime Rate (IPC & SLL)				Crime Density(Crime/100km^2)(IPC & SLL)	Investigation Rate % (IPC)	Charge-sheeting Rate % (IPC)	Conviction Rate % (IPC)
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2018	2019	2018	2019	2020	2021	2021	2021	2021	2021
	5074634	5156172	6601285	6096310	100.0	100.0	383.5	385.5	487.8	445.9	185.45		72.3	57.0
States
Andhra Pradesh	144703	145751	238105	222199	2.9	2.8	278.1	278.6	452.7	420.4	136.34		92.9	84.7
Arunachal Pradesh	2817	2877	2503	3039	0.1	0.1	188.7	190.9	164.5	197.7	3.62		51.7	16.7
Assam	120572	132783	121609	133239	2.4	2.6	354.2	385.8	349.5	379.0	169.86		38.2	5.6
Bihar	262815	269109	257512	282083	5.2	5.2	222.1	224.0	211.3	228.0	299.56		70.5	29.1
Chhattisgarh	98233	96561	103173	110633	1.9	1.9	345.1	334.7	352.9	373.7	81.83		80.2	38.6
	3884	3727	4366	2991	0.1	0.1	253.2	241.5	281.1	191.6	80.79		73.5	19.8
	393194	431066	699619	731738	7.7	8.4	584.1	631.6	1011.4	1044.2	372.87		95.9	21.1
	191229	166336	192395	206431	3.8	3.2	673.3	577.4	658.6	697.3	466.91		49.1	42.7
	19594	19924	20630	18833	0.4	0.4	269.6	272.4	280.2	254.3	33.82		83.9	25.3
Jharkhand	55664	62206	63570	60765	1.1	1.2	150.3	165.5	166.8	157.3	76.22		67.5	41.5
Karnataka	163416	163691	150080	163697	3.2	3.2	249.7	248.1	225.7	244.4	85.35		78.9	50.4
Kerala	12167	453083	554724	524960	10.1	8.8	1287.7	1287.7	1568.4	1477.2	1351.17		91.8	86.5
Madhya Pradesh	405129	395619	428046	475918	8.0	7.7	497.3	478.9	511.1	560.8	154.39		87.3	53.5
Maharashtra	515674	509443	539003	540800	10.2	9.9	424.8	415.8	435.8	433.5	175.74		76.4	54.4
Manipur	3781	3661	2986	3204	0.1	0.1	122.8	117.7	95.0	101.0	14.35		14.8	56.1
Meghalaya	3482	3897	3744	3428	0.1	0.1	108.8	120.6	114.7	104.0	15.28	.0	32.2	53.4
Mizoram	2351	2880	2289	3196	0.0	0.1	198.6	241.0	189.6	262.2	15.16		69.0	96.7
Nagaland	1775	1661	1511	1478	0.0	0.0	83.2	77.1	69.4	67.2	8.91		62.7	72.1
Odisha	107408	121525	134230	155420	2.1	2.4	246.6	277.9	295.2	339.4	99.81		75.5	5.7
Punjab	70318	72855	82875	73581	1.4	1.4	236.8	243.3	274.6	242.0	146.10		68.2	61.0
Rajasthan	250546	304394	260378	284569	4.9	5.9	327.1	392.3	331.2	357.6	83.14		51.5	56.5
Sikkim	869	821	675	728	0.0	0.0	131.9	123.5	100.4	107.4	10.25		57.0	19.5
Tamil Nadu	499188	455094	1377681	756753	9.8	8.8	661.5	600.3	1808.8	989.5	581.84	.0	63.0	73.3
Telangana	126858	131254	147504	158809	2.5	2.5	342.6	352.0	393.0	420.5	141.69		80.8	70.1
Tripura	6078	5988	4653	4788	0.1	0.1	153.4	149.6	115.1	117.3	45.66	.0	69.6	33.8
Uttar Pradesh	585157	628578	657925	608082	11.5	12.2	262.4	278.2	287.4	262.4	252.39	.0	75.5	63.4
Uttarakhand	34715	28268	57332	34875	0.7	0.5	314.0	252.8	506.8	304.9	65.20		74.6	60.1
West Bengal	188063	188049	182367	181821	3.7	3.6	194.9	193.7	186.6	185.0	204.86		91.9	6.4
Union Territories
A&N Islands	3699	4034	2542	1332	0.1	0.1	934.1	1013.6	637.1	332.2	16.14		88.2	52.6
Chandigarh	5967	4518	3254	2995	0.1	0.1	510.0	381.6	271.6	247.1	2627.19		67.7	67.9
D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu	649	660	533	579	-	-	-	-	51.3	52.3	96.17		76.2	11.8
Delhi	262612	316261	266070	306389	5.2	6.1	1342.5	1586.1	1309.5	1479.9	20660		31.0	86.6
Jammu and Kashmir	27276	25408	28911	31675	0.5	0.5	203.1	187.8	216.7	235.7	14.25		79.9	77.3
Ladakh	-	-	403	559	-	-	-	-	136.1	187.6	0.94		89.5	91.0
	77	182	147	128	0.0	0.0	114.9	267.6	216.2	188.2	426.66		48.1	0.0
Puducherry	4674	4004	7940	4595	0.1	0.1	315.6	264.3	512.6	290.1	937.75		93.0	74.7
0.1	934.1
0.1	510.0
0.0	60.0
0.0	84.6
0.0	114.9
0.1	315.6

Crime rate (per 100,000 population) head-wise 2021. Crimes against children rate is calculated per 100,000 children population.

State / UT	Violent Crimes	Murder	Rape	Kidnapping	Crimes Against Children	Extortion	Robbery	Hit & Run	Drugs Trafficking	Illegal Arms
India	30.2	2.1	4.8	7.4	33.6	0.8	2.1	3.2	2.4	3.3
States
Andhra Pradesh	13.7	1.8	4.5	1.6	17.7	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.1	0.1
Arunachal Pradesh	32.0	3.2	11.1	5.5	27.5	5.3	3.3	2.6	2.9	0.1
Assam	76.6	3.4	10.0	21.6	43.7	3.9	5.4	4.2	2.9	0.5
Bihar	35.4	2.3	1.3	8.2	14.5	0.5	2.0	0.8	0.2	2.5
Chhattisgarh	28.6	3.4	7.4	9.1	61.6	0.3	1.9	6.0	3.7	0.4
Goa	22.1	1.7	9.3	3.3	39.5	0.2	1.7	1.5	4.1	0.3
Gujarat	11.9	1.4	1.8	2.3	21.6	0.4	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.8
Haryana	43.3	3.8	12.3	12.0	62.5	1.2	2.3	2.1	3.9	7.7
Himachal Pradesh	23.8	1.2	9.8	5.8	34.4	0.1	0.1	0.9	14.7	0.1
Jharkhand	34.9	4.1	7.6	4.6	13.5	1.3	1.8	4.0	0.7	1.2
Karnataka	22.8	2.0	1.7	4.3	37.5	0.2	2.4	1.6	1.8	0.2
Kerala	23.8	0.9	4.2	1.0	48.2	0.2	2.2	0.4	1.7	0.1
Madhya Pradesh	30.7	2.4	7.2	11.2	66.7	0.5	1.4	8.8	2.3	3.0
Maharashtra	35.1	1.9	4.2	8.4	47.8	0.8	4.9	2.6	1.2	0.6
Manipur	17.2	1.5	1.6	2.7	13.8	1.1	0.3	1.9	7.2	1.1
Meghalaya	17.6	2.4	4.6	3.7	34.9	0.9	2.1	0.5	1.1	0.2
Mizoram	15.3	2.0	4.3	0.2	28.9	0.8	1.7	1.0	5.3	1.1
Nagaland	7.2	1.2	0.4	2.2	6.2	7.2	0.7	0.5	3.6	4.4
Odisha	48.6	3.0	6.4	12.3	54.8	2.3	6.1	2.1	3.2	0.5
Punjab	20.8	2.4	3.2	5.9	29.2	0.5	0.4	4.2	19.0	1.5
Rajasthan	29.0	2.2	16.4	9.7	27.2	1.2	1.9	3.1	2.5	3.3
Sikkim	16.1	2.1	2.5	5.8	72.4	0.3	0.9	0.3	3.8	0.0
Tamil Nadu	16.2	2.2	1.1	1.1	29.3	2.2	3.3	1.5	2.5	0.2
Telangana	26.1	2.7	4.4	7.3	49.8	1.1	1.2	3.4	1.7	0.1
Tripura	40.1	3.0	3.0	3.3	19.2	0.8	0.4	1.9	8.1	0.2
Uttar Pradesh	22.7	1.6	2.6	6.3	19.7	0.3	0.8	6.3	2.1	11.8
Uttarakhand	27.6	1.8	9.6	7.2	32.8	0.1	1.5	4.2	2.4	7.3
West Bengal	48.7	1.9	2.3	8.5	31.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.8
Union Territories
A&N Islands	21.9	4.0	7.9	1.7	110.4	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.0
Chandigarh	29.9	1.4	13.3	12.7	72.2	0.2	1.4	2.7	7.3	1.7
D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu	9.8	1.3	0.8	4.3	54.1	0.2	1.0	2.5	0.0	0.0
Delhi	57.0	2.2	12.9	26.7	128.5	0.8	11.3	2.8	1.4	6.9
Jammu and Kashmir	22.9	1.0	4.9	7.5	17.2	0.0	0.8	1.3	9.9	0.8
Ladakh	7.7	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.0
Lakshadweep	7.4	1.5	0.0	0.0	85.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0
Puducherry	12.1	1.2	0.2	2.5	34.0	0.6	0.8	0.0	1.1	0.0
0.1	934.1
0.1	510.0
0.0	60.0
0.0	84.6
0.0	114.9
0.1	315.6

See also

• Crime in India
• Law enforcement in India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crime in India 2021 Volume 2 .
2. Web site: Crime in India 2018. Statistics Volume 1. . 26 August 2020 . National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
3. Web site: Crime in India 2019. Statistics Volume 1.. 12 September 2021. National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
4. Web site: Crime in India 2021 Statistics Volume 1 .
5. Web site: NCRB Crime Statistics 2021 Vol 3 .
6. Web site: India: area by state and union territory 2021 . 2022-12-06 . Statista . en.
7. Web site: Jammu and Kashmir: Official Portal . 2022-12-06 . jk.gov.in.
8. Web site: 2008-12-08 . ::Ministry of Home Affairs:: . 2022-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208212815/http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?Id_Pk=306 . 2008-12-08 .
9. Web site: Profile National Portal of India . 2022-12-06 . www.india.gov.in.