Depending on how you look at it, the capital of Bengal had placed first or last on an impressive list the year before. Kolkata has maintained its position three times in the last four years, in 2018, 2020, and 2021, according to the release of this year’s statistics. 2019 was an exception, according to NCRB, who claimed not to have received the state’s statistics.
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Large cities, defined as those with a population of more than two million, have been compared by the agency.
The city also accomplished something that few other cities were able to do in 2021: the IPC crime rate decreased from 109.9 to 92.6. This decline is cumulative. In 2018, 141.2 in 2017, and 159.6 in 2016, the score was 139.5.
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According to a senior detective department officer, “the state government’s focused attention towards creating infrastructure and additional manpower, upgrade of vigilance, night policing, and extensive nakas, especially in the Covid months, among other things, have helped greatly in the prevention and detection of crime.”
Source: https://www.timesnownews.com/kolkata/kolkata-emerges-as-indias-safest-city-second-year-in-a-row-ncrb-data-shows-article-93880945
