State tops in crime rate

Sunday, June 24, 2012: The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures comparing incidents of crime with the population of a state, notes Kerala is most affected by crime and Kochi is the most dangerous city.
Kerala, a state that reaps praise for scoring high on literacy and health indicators, has a crime rate of 424.1, more than double the national average of 187.6.
Kochi’s crime rate is even scarier at 1,879.8 compared to most cities, where the figure averages 341.9. NCRB’s figures show that Kochi also saw an exponential rise of 193% in crime in 2010 compared to 2009.
Kerala also ranks highest on incidents of rioting and arson with a rate of 26 compared to the national average of 6.4, although Bihar at 8,809 incidents accounts for almost 13% of all riots in the country.