Uttar Pradesh: Agra heads national crime chart, Meerut stands second, reveals NCRB report

A National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report has revealed that Agra holds the highest rate of riots in Uttar Pradesh.

The report also revealed that western UP has the highest number of riots in the state. Of the seven major cities in the state, Agra had the highest instances of riots and rate of riots in the state in 2014, while Meerut was second in the list .

Riots in the NCRB report have been classified under several sub-categories such as sectarian, agrarian, student, caste, communal and "others".

The instances and rate of riots in Uttar Pradesh:

• Agra witnessed 242 cases of riots in 2014, at a rate of 13.9 affected people per lakh of population.

• Meerut witnessed 161 cases of riots in 2014, at a rate of 11.3.

• State capital Lucknow witnessed 73 cases cases of riots with a rate of 2.5.

• Kanpur saw 97 cases of riots, with a rate of 3.3.

• 87 cases of riots were reported from Allahabad, with a rate of 1.4

• Ghaziabad saw 37 cases of riots at a rate of 1.6

• Varanasi witnessed 34 cases of riots, at a rate of 2.4.