Chandigarh, May 7 -- While City Beautiful has a lot to boast about on its well-planned layout, cleanliness, greenery and laid-back lifestyle ideal for pensioners and senior citizens, it is now earning an unwanted reputation on the law-and-order front.

The National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) Crime in India 2024 report, released on Wednesday night, revealed that Chandigarh recorded the second-highest crime rate among all Union Territories in India.

The city's crime rate stood at 290.4 cases per lakh population, second only to Delhi at 1,285.5. Chandigarh's rate was also above the national average of 237.4.Among states, Kerala (513), Haryana (368.5) and Telangana fared worse than Chandigarh.

Crime rate - measured as incidents per lakh ...