Uttar Pradesh topped the crime rate in the country in 2010,according to latest statistics released by the National Crime Record Bureau. The state registered 33.9% of the crime reported in 2010,followed by Andhra Pradesh (12%) and Tamil Nadu (10.4%),according to the NCRB report for 2010. Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of rapes while Andhra Pradesh registered highest number of crime against women,which included molestation and sexual harassment. A total of 67,50,748 cognizable crimes comprising 22,24,831 Indian Penal Code crimes and 45,25,917 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes were reported in 2010,showing an increase of 1.11% over 2009. In 2010,IPC crime rate increased by 3.4% over 2009 while SLL crime rate decreased by 2% over 2009,according to the report. Uttar Pradesh also reported highest number of violent crime although the rate remained static at 10.9% since 2009. The highest rate of violent crimes was reported from Manipur (34.5) followed by J&K (34.2),Kerala (33.6),Assam (33.5) and Delhi (30.4) as compared to 20.4 across the country. According to the NCRB report,Dhanbad,Chennai,Madurai and Kolkata were the only cities which reported less rate of IPC crimes than their states. Delhi,Mumbai and Bangalore accounted for 12.5%,9.2% and 8.7% respectively of the total IPC crimes reported from 35 cities across the country.
