Crime in India, 2020, the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for the year 2020, showsKeralahas the highest charge-sheeting rate, at 92.5%, in the country for violent crimes. Kerala is followed by Gujarat (88.6%), West Bengal (88.3%) and Tamil Nadu (86.5%) in the category.

Lakshadweep tops the list of UTs with100% charge sheeting in the category. The charge-sheeting rate is the Percentage of cases charge sheeted by Police out of the total number of cases disposed of in the year.
In total IPC cases, Kerala has the second-highest charge-sheeting rate at 94.90% behind Gujarat (97.10%). Nadu is third in this list with 91.70%.

Among metropolitan cities listed in the report,KochiandKozhikodeare from Kerala, and the charge-sheeting rate in violent crimes Kochi has a rate of 92.1% and Kozhikode has 94.1%. Only Chennai has a better rate with 96.2%.

In the case of total IPC cases, among metropolitan cities, Kochi has a charge-sheeting rate of 91.7 % and Kozhikode has 92.1%. In this category, the first three spots are Surat (96.7%), Coimbatore (96.6%) and Ahmedabad (96.3%).