Which is India's most crime prone state?

NEW DELHI: These are one
set of statistics Kerala will not be proud to own up to: God's own
country, and not the badlands of north India, is the most crime-prone
state, ahead of Uttar Pradesh and even Delhi.

The latest National Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB) figures comparing incidents of crime with the population of a
state, notes Kerala is most affected by crime and Kochi is the most
dangerous city. Figures compiled till 2010 show that Kerala has a crime
rate of 424.1, more than double the national average of 187.6.


Kochi's crime rate is even scarier at 1,879.8 compared to most cities,
where the figure averages 341.9. NCRB's figures show that Kochi also saw
an exponential rise of 193% in crime in 2010 compared to 2009. For a
state that reaps praise for scoring high on literacy and health
indicators, the crime stats are unwelcome news.

Crime rate -
number of crimes committed per 1 lakh population — gives a more
realistic and comparative picture of law and order than a total of
offences registered in a state or city. A state with a larger population
can report a higher number of offences as compared to a small state.
But it is the crime rate that is an index of law and order.



Among
states with significant population and area, Kerala has left most
others far behind with Madhya Pradesh a distant second at 297.2 offences
per lakh population, and Delhi ranks third with a rate of 279.8. UP,
much reviled on the crime front, has a crime rate of only 87.5.

Kerala also ranks highest on incidents of rioting and arson with a rate
of 26 compared to the national average of 6.4, although Bihar at 8,809
incidents accounts for almost 13% of all riots in the country.


To put these figures in perspective, NCRB has also compiled separate
statistics for violent crimes that include murder, attempt to murder,
rape, kidnapping and dowry death. On this count too, Kerala's figures
are high, inspiring little confidence in the state's government
machinery.

Of the 2,41,986 incidents of violent crime in the
country, Kerala accounted for 11,756, more than much larger states like
Rajasthan (10, 577) and comparable to its bigger neighbours such as
Tamil Nadu (12,333) and Andhra Pradesh (12,491). UP accounts for highest
number of violent crimes, recording 27,225 incidents.

Even
women are not very safe in the coconut country. The state's rate of
crime against women hovers at 27, higher than Delhi at 24.6, which is
often called most unsafe place for females. Bihar, incidentally, is one
the safest for women recording a crime rate against women of only 8.7 —
second only to Goa with a rate of 8.

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Rashmun wrote:NEW DELHI: These are one
set of statistics Kerala will not be proud to own up to: God's own
country, and not the badlands of north India, is the most crime-prone
state, ahead of Uttar Pradesh and even Delhi.

The latest National Crime Records Bureau


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kerala-is-countrys-most-crime-prone-state-NCRB-statistics-show/articleshow/14364473.cms

First, people feel empowered to file/lodge complaints with the police even for simple chain snatching and pick pocketing. If someone filed cases for these in Naarth India, their numbers will run several thousands.

Second, Naarth India crime stats are most likely restricted to serious crimes like car rapes - and that too only the very few that are filed.

Hence the vast difference in the stats.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Rashmun wrote:NEW DELHI: These are one
set of statistics Kerala will not be proud to own up to: God's own
country, and not the badlands of north India, is the most crime-prone
state, ahead of Uttar Pradesh and even Delhi.

The latest National Crime Records Bureau


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kerala-is-countrys-most-crime-prone-state-NCRB-statistics-show/articleshow/14364473.cms

First, people feel empowered to file/lodge complaints with the police even for simple chain snatching and pick pocketing. If someone filed cases for these in Naarth India, their numbers will run several thousands.

Second, Naarth India crime stats are most likely restricted to serious crimes like car rapes - and that too only the very few that are filed.

Hence the vast difference in the stats.

True. For all you know, the cops themselves are thugs (or hand in glove with criminals) in most places in the Naarth and can hardly be expected to register cases against themselves and their accomplices.

Then there is the issue of "burking". Cops in most places in India dress up the crime statistics in their area by avoid filing FIRs unless it is a rape / murder, and fob of the complainant by registering a non-cognizable offence. So if someone punches you in the nose and snatches your latest Motorola Razr, instead of an FIR of assault and robbery, cops will make a diary note of a misplaced phone and send you back home.