Crime Incidence

Journal Article November 25, 2022

Book chapter | Safety Trends and Reporting of Crime (SATARC): A Crime Victimisation Survey

A pioneering study of crime victimisation in India that brings together 8 authors and 5 rigorous empirical analyses that evaluate public perceptions of safety and security and the performance of the police.

Media Coverage February 26, 2019

Crime in Urban India

A recent large-scale urban survey by IDFC Institute shows that the most commonly experienced type of crime by an average city resident is theft.

Report November 15, 2018

Safety Trends And Reporting Of Crime (SATARC)

By Avanti Durani, Rithika Kumar, Renuka Sane & Neha Sinha

A survey of 20,597 households across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru to assess households’ perception of safety and the police, identify behavioural changes adopted by households to avoid victimisation, and estimate the incidence of crime.