Indian states and territories ranking by crime rate

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by the recognizable Crime Rate as on 2012 and 2015, and represents the number of cognizable crimes occurred for every 100,000 persons. The list is compiled from the 2012 and 2015 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India

Tamil Nadu has the highest cognizable crime rate of 723.2 (per 100,000 persons) as on 2015, while Nagaland recorded lowest rates of 55.1 (per 100,000 persons).