According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report (2023), Kolkata topped the safest cities list in the country with the lowest number of cognisable offences per lakh people. Cognisable offences are serious criminal offences such as murders.

Among the 19 cities with a population exceeding 20 lakh, Kolkata recorded the lowest number of cognisable offences - 83.9 offences per lakh people. This was the fourth time in a row that the city achieved this feat. It should be noted that this was a lower number compared to the previous two years. It was 86.5 and 103.5 in 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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Apart from cognisable crimes, the number of cases registered also declined for the seco

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