Bengaluru third most Unsafe city of the Country

Bengaluru, Sep 1: Bengaluru is in third place among the most unsafe metro cities in India. As per the data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 35,576 FIRs were registered in Bengaluru, while 1.73 lac incidents were reported in Delhi and 42,940 in Mumbai in 2015. As many as 23,990 FIRs were registered in Kolkata and 16,965 in Hyderabad. Though Bengaluru stands third in total number of crimes, the IT capital topped the list of cities with most cyber crime cases and dowry-related cases. Delhi, infamous as the rape capital of the country, continues to remain the most unsafe. The NCRB data shows that Chennai is the safest metro city as 13,422 cases were registered in the capital of Tamil Nadu. As many as 188 murder, 112 rape and 777 abduction cases were reported in Bengaluru in 2015. Delhi had the highest murder cases at 464, while Patna had 232. Delhi also reported 6,630 cases of abduction cases, while Mumbai had 1,583. Bengaluru police say rise in better reporting system is the reason for Bengaluru ranking high. They registered 1,041 cases of cyber crime and 714 dowry-related cases in 2015. 54 dowry-related deaths were also reported in Bengaluru in 2015.