Delhi, August 31, 2022: According to the latest reports released by the National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), two minor girls were raped every day in Delhi in the last year, making it the most unsafe city in India for women.
The capital has recorded a shocking 40% surge in the cases of crime against women in the last one year.
Cases recorded in 2020 were 9,782 while in 2021, it increased to 13,892.
The cases of crimes against women in Delhi accounted for 32.20 percent of total crimes in the category among all 19 metropolitan cities.
The data informed that Delhi was followed by the financial capital Mumbai, which saw 5,543 such instances, and Bengaluru with 3,127 cases.
Delhi has also reported the highest number of cases of crimes against women in the categories related to kidnapping (3,948), cruelty by husbands (4,674), and girlchild rapes (833) as compared to other metropolitan cities.
According to the NCRB data, Kolkata is the safest city in India for women in 2021.
The city was deemed most safe in 2018 and 2020 as well.
Notably, Kolkata’s crime rate has been decreasing for the last seven years. A 21% decrease in crime rates in the past year has been recorded.
Many female residents of Kolkata have credited the city police and people with making Kolkata the safest city in the country.
