Indian states and union territories ranked by riots rate

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by the Riots rate as on 2012, and represents the number of riots occurred for every 100,000 persons. The list is compiled from the 2012 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India.[1] The rate is calculated according to incidents charged with sections 143-145,147-151,153,153A,153B, 157, 158,160 of the Indian Penal Code

Kerala has the highest Riots Rate of 31.4 as on 2012, while Punjab and Meghalaya had the lowest rates.

Rank State Riots Rate (per 100,000 population) 2012
1 Kerala 31.4
2 Assam 16.3
3 Lakshadweep 13.0
4 Karnataka 12.5
5 Jammu and Kashmir 11.8
6 Bihar 10.9
7 Puducherry 8.6
8 Maharashtra 7.7
9 West Bengal 7.3
10 Jharkhand 7.3
11 Himachal Pradesh 7.2
12 Goa 6.7
** All India Average 6.2
13 Haryana 5.5
14 Odisha 5.3
15 Tamil Nadu 4.6
16 Chhattisgarh 3.7
17 Uttarakhand 3.6
18 Tripura 3.5
19 Sikkim 3.5
20 Daman and Diu 3.2
21 Chandigarh 3.2
22 Manipur 2.9
23 Gujarat 2.9
24 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 2.9
25 Uttar Pradesh 2.8
26 Madhya Pradesh 2.6
27 Andhra Pradesh 2.2
28 Arunachal Pradesh 2.2
29 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1.6
30 Rajasthan 0.8
31 Delhi 0.4
32 Mizoram 0.1
33 Nagaland 0.1
34 Punjab 0.0
35 Meghalaya 0.0

Notes

  1. ↑ "Crime in India, 2012" (PDF). NCRB, Government of India. 2012. p. 212. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
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