Kolkata: Kolkata is named as the safest city in India for the third consecutive year. Report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed this. The rankings were issued after comparison among 19 cities with over 20 lakh population.
Kolkata has reported the least number of cognisable offences per lakh population among metropolises. Kolkata reported 86.5 cases of cognisable offences per lakh people in 2022. It was followed by Pune (280.7) and Hyderabad (299.2).
Kolkata had registered 103.4 cases of cognisable crimes per lakh people in 2021, which dropped to 86.5 this year. In 2020, the count was 129.5. In 2021, Pune and Hyderabad had reported 256.8 and 259.9 cognisable offences per lakh population, respectively.
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Cognisable crimes are those for which cases are registered under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and SLL (Special and Local Laws).
Kolkata, however, recorded an increase in crimes against women as the number of cases rose from 1,783 in 2021 to 1,890 in 2022. The crime rate against women in Kolkata was at 27.1 per lakh population, greater than Coimbatore’s 12.9 and Chennai’s 17.1. Kolkata registered 11 rapes in 2022, the same number reported in 2021.
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