Is Delhi safer? From riot to rape, here's what data says about crime rates

Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik blamed inequalities in society for crime

Delhi was the most unsafe among 19 major cities, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of rapes , 33 per cent of crimes against women and the highest crime rate in 2016, according to the National Crime Records Bureau data. It got the dubious distinction of topping the list in cases of murder, abduction, juveniles in conflict and economic offences for that year. But no longer. Crime rates in the city are falling.

A total of 236,476 cases were registered in 2018, with an increase in the number of murders (3.25 per cent) and thefts (7.7 per cent), particularly