Abstract

An attempt has beenmade to analyse crime against women that occurred during 2004 to 2014 inDarjeeling district. Data pertaining to study was collected from the office ofSuperintendent of Police, Darjeeling and Commissionerate of Police, Siliguri.Analysis is done at both regional and block level. At regional level maximumcrime against women occurred in terai than the hills and at block it was foundin Matigara, Naxalbari and Phanisdewa. In terai percentage of crime againstwomen is more than the hills. Population, density of population, urbanisation,temperature, etc. are high in terai and it has a true bearing on the rate ofcrime against women.

Keywords:  Crime,Crime against women, Region, Growth rate, Spatial variation