How crime-ridden are India’s biggest cities? Here’s what the latest data says

What the latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau reveals about the crime rate in India's biggest cities.

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Data from the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau released Thursday reveals just how safe or unsafe India’s cities are.

Here’s what the data for 2016 reveals about how safe our cities are when it comes to crime against children, murders, and crime against women. The rate of crime reveals how many crimes have been recorded per one lakh citizens in these cities:

NCRB 2016 statistics showing incidence of murders in major metropolitan cities