Kolkata is India’s safest city for second consecutive year: Report

Kolkata recorded the lowest number of suicides compared to the top metropolitans!

Kolkata being the top safest city in India and has again retained its position on the enviable list for the second year in a row. 

Notably, Kolkata held the apex position in 2018 and 2020. NCRB in 2019 claimed that it had not received state’s data. The progressive decrease in crime has resulted in a score of 103.4, which is calculated based on the number of cognizable offences recorded per 1 lakh people per year. 

As per the information, Kolkata is followed by Pune with a crime score of 256.8, Hyderabad at 259.9, Kanpur at 336.5, Bengaluru at 427.2, and Mumbai at 428.4.

Kolkata has also seen the lowest number of suicides compared to the top metropolitans including Delhi, Maharastra, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad.

According to the statement, reacting to the same, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in a Twitter post stated that “This was only possible owing to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's strict monitoring and the tireless efforts of our (Kolkata) police personnel.”

Meanwhile Delhi is one of the most unsafe cities in the country,reporting the maximum number of crime ,cybercrime and other crime related to wormen. The NCRB report showed that there was a 15.3 per cent rise in crime against women from 2020 to 2021 in Delhi. 

The national capital topped the list in crime rate with a score of 101.7 per lakh population against elderly. 

In addition, the national capital recorded 13,892 cases of crimes against women. The number was 40 per cent more compared to 2020.