Rankings · Pillar of the Unnati Index

Safety & Justice

Personal safety, road safety and the capacity of police and courts.

India: 45.0 / 100

< 34.6
34.6 – 43.7
43.7 – 50.0
50.0 – 55.9
≥ 55.9
Not available

Score out of 100. Darker means a higher score.

Boundaries as per Survey of India; not an authenticated map. Circles mark small states and UTs.

What goes into it

The pillar score is the average of these indicators' scores. Each indicator is scaled from 0 to 100 between fixed goalposts, so a score rises only when the state's own figure improves. A state needs data for at least 60% of the indicators to get a pillar score.

Conviction rateHigher is better · 0 at 8.1%, 100 at 89.6%
Murder rateLower is better · 0 at 3.7 per lakh population, 100 at 0.2 per lakh population
Road accident deathsLower is better · 0 at 20.7 per lakh population, 100 at 2.2 per lakh population
Criminal trials pendingLower is better · 0 at 98.4%, 100 at 64.3%
Police vacancy rateLower is better · 0 at 37.1%, 100 at 6.1%

Safety & Justice 2026

36 of 36 states and UTs have data

Rank	State / UT	Score out of 100	Rank in group
1	Nagaland	72.4Front Runner	1 · North-East & Himalayan states
2	Keralam	71.2Front Runner	1 · Large states
3	Ladakh	64.8Performer	1 · Union Territories
4	Chandigarh	63.1Performer	2 · Union Territories
5	Lakshadweep	60.4Performer	3 · Union Territories
6	Delhi	58.9Performer	4 · Union Territories
7	Mizoram	56.6Performer	2 · North-East & Himalayan states
8	Jammu and Kashmir	55.9Performer	5 · Union Territories
9	Uttarakhand	55.5Performer	3 · North-East & Himalayan states
10	Uttar Pradesh	54.7Performer	2 · Large states
11	Puducherry	52.4Performer	6 · Union Territories
12	Tamil Nadu	52.1Performer	3 · Large states
13	Gujarat	51.3Performer	4 · Large states
14	Andhra Pradesh	51.2Performer	5 · Large states
15	Maharashtra	50.0Performer	6 · Large states
16	Sikkim	49.6Aspirant	4 · North-East & Himalayan states
17	Himachal Pradesh	48.6Aspirant	5 · North-East & Himalayan states
18	Manipur	47.0Aspirant	6 · North-East & Himalayan states
19	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	46.0Aspirant	7 · Union Territories
20	Madhya Pradesh	44.2Aspirant	7 · Large states
21	Assam	44.0Aspirant	7 · North-East & Himalayan states
22	Karnataka	43.7Aspirant	8 · Large states
23	Rajasthan	43.2Aspirant	9 · Large states
24	Tripura	41.6Aspirant	8 · North-East & Himalayan states
25	Meghalaya	41.3Aspirant	9 · North-East & Himalayan states
26	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	41.0Aspirant	8 · Union Territories
27	Punjab	39.7Aspirant	10 · Large states
28	Telangana	35.4Aspirant	11 · Large states
29	Odisha	34.6Aspirant	12 · Large states
30	Goa	31.6Aspirant	13 · Large states
31	Bihar	30.8Aspirant	14 · Large states
32	Jharkhand	30.7Aspirant	15 · Large states
33	West Bengal	27.8Aspirant	16 · Large states
34	Arunachal Pradesh	27.4Aspirant	10 · North-East & Himalayan states
35	Haryana	26.7Aspirant	17 · Large states
36	Chhattisgarh	26.3Aspirant	18 · Large states

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