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Police-to-Population Ratio

Number of civil + armed police personnel (actual in-position strength) per 100,000 population. India's UN-recommended ratio is 222 per lakh. Higher generally indicates better policing capacity.

Tamil Nadu, latest

172.0 per 100,000

2022

Change

+12.4%

2015 → 2022

Rank vs compared states

#2 of 5

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

Tamil Nadu's Police per lakh is 172.0 per 100,000 (2022), up +12.4% since 2015. It ranks #2 of 5 compared states (higher is better).

Source Official Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), MHA Coverage 2015 – 2022 Sources & methodology ↓
Police per lakh · 2015 – 2022

Tamil Nadu's Police per lakh rose from 153.0 per 100,000 (2015) to 172.0 per 100,000 (2022).

153.0 per 100,000 172.0 per 100,000 2015 2019 2022

Source: Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), MHA

Compare with Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh
2015 2019 2022
  1. 1 MH Maharashtra 173.0 per 100,000 2022
  2. 2 TN Tamil Nadu 172.0 per 100,000 2022
  3. 3 GJ Gujarat 155.0 per 100,000 2022
  4. 4 UP Uttar Pradesh 151.0 per 100,000 2022
  5. 5 KA Karnataka 140.0 per 100,000 2022

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

Where this data comes from

The provenance of every value above and how to cite it.

Source provenance

All observations come from a single source.

  1. 2015 → 2022

    Primary ↗

    Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), MHA

    BPR&D Data on Police Organisations (DoPO)

    40 observations across 5 states · Tier 1

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Methodology & notes

BPR&D Data on Police Organisations. Actual (in-position) civil + armed police strength as of January 1 each year, ÷ projected mid-year population × 100,000.

All values

Every observation, by state and period. Newest first.

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Tamil Nadu

  • 2022 2022 172.0 per 100,000
  • 2021 2021 174.0 per 100,000
  • 2020 2020 175.0 per 100,000
  • 2019 2019 178.0 per 100,000
  • 2018 2018 178.0 per 100,000
  • 2017 2017 175.0 per 100,000
  • 2016 2016 162.0 per 100,000
  • 2015 2015 153.0 per 100,000
Maharashtra 8 values
  • 2022 2022 173.0 per 100,000
  • 2021 2021 175.0 per 100,000
  • 2020 2020 177.0 per 100,000
  • 2019 2019 179.0 per 100,000
  • 2018 2018 180.0 per 100,000
  • 2017 2017 178.0 per 100,000
  • 2016 2016 175.0 per 100,000
  • 2015 2015 170.0 per 100,000
Karnataka 8 values
  • 2022 2022 140.0 per 100,000
  • 2021 2021 142.0 per 100,000
  • 2020 2020 144.0 per 100,000
  • 2019 2019 146.0 per 100,000
  • 2018 2018 145.0 per 100,000
  • 2017 2017 140.0 per 100,000
  • 2016 2016 130.0 per 100,000
  • 2015 2015 122.0 per 100,000
Gujarat 8 values
  • 2022 2022 155.0 per 100,000
  • 2021 2021 157.0 per 100,000
  • 2020 2020 158.0 per 100,000
  • 2019 2019 161.0 per 100,000
  • 2018 2018 160.0 per 100,000
  • 2017 2017 155.0 per 100,000
  • 2016 2016 148.0 per 100,000
  • 2015 2015 140.0 per 100,000
Uttar Pradesh 8 values
  • 2022 2022 151.0 per 100,000
  • 2021 2021 153.0 per 100,000
  • 2020 2020 156.0 per 100,000
  • 2019 2019 158.0 per 100,000
  • 2018 2018 155.0 per 100,000
  • 2017 2017 150.0 per 100,000
  • 2016 2016 130.0 per 100,000
  • 2015 2015 110.0 per 100,000

Cross-state comparison (2022)

Sorted high → low. Tamil Nadu highlighted.