The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released its data for 2020. As per the data, Kolkata has stood at number 1 as the safest of metro cities in India. However, the cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru follows Kolkata in terms of being safe. "Kolkata has reported the lowest rate of cognizable offences with a score of 129.5, whereas Hyderabad scored 233, Mumbai 318.6 and Bengaluru 401.9, with a national average score of 810.3", as per a report by The Times of India.
According to the reports, it is the third time that Kolkata has taken the position of the safest city in India according to NCRB data, with 2019 being an exception because, the bureau said, the state records reached it late. Mirror Now Digital reported, "although Kolkata fared well in containing violent crime as well as other types of cases, the incidence of 'hurt cases' was high and the city topped national figures in this respect. It was, however, still lower than what had been recorded in 2018."
As per the NCRB data, Delhi emerged as the most unsafe city for women, with the most number of crimes committed against them. The national capital had the highest number of violence based crimes among the other metropolitan cities.
The latest data for 2020 by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), issued on Wednesday, shows that in Delhi 77 rape cases take place every day, 80 murder incidents occur daily on an average, and 84,805 cases of kidnapping and abduction were lodged in 2020.