New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 2020 released data Kolkata has gained the top spot in the list of the country's safest cities for the year 2020, with the lowest rate of cognizable offenses. Bengal with a score of 129.5, comes on top of the list, which measures cognizable offenses recorded per lakh people, followed by Hyderabad (233) Mumbai (318.6), and Bengaluru (401.9). The national average is 810.3.

The NCRB has compared the city with 18 other cities that have more than two million population. This is the third time that Kolkata has been shown as the safest. Kolkata has taken the top position both in terms of IPC cases - where it has a score of 109.9 - and cases registered under other state law...