Statistics from National Crime Records Bureau’s Crime in India 2012 report has been plotted on a graph by CNN-IBN to highlight which Indian cities have the highest rate of reported crime against women. Vijayawada in Andra Pradesh is the most unsafe while Delhi which in recent times has been in limelight for high profile crimes against women ranks 16 out of the 53 cities. Chennai is the safest metro city in the country. Kerala is a bit weird with the safest as well as most unsafe cities by the way of Kollam and Mallapuram in the list. The fact that a large metro city like Chennai ranks very well in safety for women could could be due to its accomplished police force with the highest number of women police officers on duty in this country. The Tamil Nadu police in Chennai has the highest number of women police stations in the country with the most modern police control room with a large fleet of cars with cops on patrol in the city. A visitor to Chennai might find the police rather intrusive as mid-night falls with patrol cars pulling up to question you and dispersing away groups of men quickly with loud speakers. But the kind of policing seems effective. In a study by Stanford university, it was found that if police officers are regularly on patrol and pick up on petty crime like drunkenness on the road or loitering by gangs, the crime rate in the city including murders and rapes dropped drastically. This may be attributed to the “broken windows theory.” If this is the case for Chennai’s lower crime rate, then other cities should invest in more cops on the road.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:36:08 +0000
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