Morung Express News
Dimapur | August 30
Sikkim has pipped Nagaland as the safest place for woman in India, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2015 released on August 30. While Nagaland topped the survey as the safest place for women in 2014 with only 67 cases of crime against women reported in the state, in 2015 there were 90 cases, which included 35 rape cases. Sikkim with 53 reported cases was the lowest among the states while Lakshadweep with 9 reported cases was lowest among the Union Territories. Overall, there were 327394 reported cases of crime against women with Uttar Pradesh topping the list at 35527 cases. Among the North Eastern states, Assam was highest with 23258 reported cases.
