Law & Order Headline indicator

Charge-sheeting rate (IPC)

Share of IPC cases for trial where the police filed a chargesheet in court. Higher rates indicate better case completion by the police investigation cadre.

Tamil Nadu, latest

90.0%

2023

Change

-0.6%

2015 → 2023

Rank vs compared states

#1 of 5

TN vs MH, KA, GJ, UP · higher is better

Tamil Nadu's Charge-sheeting rate is 90.0% (2023), down +0.6% since 2015. It ranks #1 of 5 compared states (higher is better).

Source Official National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs Coverage 2015 – 2023 Sources & methodology ↓

Charge-sheeting rate · 2015 – 2023

Tamil Nadu's Charge-sheeting rate fell from 90.5% (2015) to 90.0% (2023).

Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs

Compare with Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh

1 TN Tamil Nadu 90.0% 2023
2 GJ Gujarat 84.5% 2023
3 KA Karnataka 82.5% 2023
4 UP Uttar Pradesh 78.0% 2023
5 MH Maharashtra 57.0% 2023

Tamil Nadu highlighted. Each row shows that state's value and the year it is from — compare like years with care.

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Source provenance

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National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs

NCRB Crime in India

45 observations across 5 states · Tier 2

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Methodology & notes

NCRB Crime in India tables. Charge-sheeting rate = (chargesheets filed ÷ cases for trial) × 100, IPC offences.

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Tamil Nadu

2023 2023 90.0%
2022 2022 89.7%
2021 2021 91.0%
2020 2020 89.0%
2019 2019 91.5%
2018 2018 91.0%
2017 2017 90.8%
2016 2016 91.2%
2015 2015 90.5%

Maharashtra 9 values

2023 2023 57.0%
2022 2022 56.0%
2021 2021 58.5%
2020 2020 55.0%
2019 2019 58.0%
2018 2018 56.5%
2017 2017 54.0%
2016 2016 52.8%
2015 2015 53.5%

Karnataka 9 values

2023 2023 82.5%
2022 2022 82.0%
2021 2021 83.5%
2020 2020 81.5%
2019 2019 84.0%
2018 2018 83.5%
2017 2017 81.0%
2016 2016 82.5%
2015 2015 83.0%

Gujarat 9 values

2023 2023 84.5%
2022 2022 85.0%
2021 2021 86.0%
2020 2020 85.0%
2019 2019 86.5%
2018 2018 84.5%
2017 2017 85.0%
2016 2016 85.5%
2015 2015 86.0%

Uttar Pradesh 9 values

2023 2023 78.0%
2022 2022 78.5%
2021 2021 77.5%
2020 2020 76.0%
2019 2019 79.0%
2018 2018 78.5%
2017 2017 79.0%
2016 2016 80.5%
2015 2015 78.0%

Charge-sheeting rate (IPC)

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