REVEALED: Delhi's 'MOST UNSAFE' areas for women according to Police

New Delhi: The findings and remedial steps taken after the 'crime map survey' could prove a game changer when it comes to putting a lid on crimes against women. The Delhi High Court had ordered a survey based on a PIL filed by advocate Gaurav Bansal which cited surveys by independent groups claiming a spurt in crime against women and sought directions for taking adequate steps to prevent it. The Delhi Police has informed the court that certain pockets in the city, like Dabri in West Delhi and Malviya Nagar in South Delhi, reported more incidents of crimes in 2013. The 'crime mapping' reveals that while Central Delhi areas are almost "crime free", it is the semi-urban and semi-rural areas across Delhi that are the worst offenders when it comes to cases of rape, eve-teasing and molestation. The police submitted the survey report to a Division Bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul in a sealed cover. The Court had asked them to conduct a survey to identify areas which report more cases of crime against women so that a targeted approach could be taken to control it. The Bench has asked the police to file a status report by May 21 and explain what steps have been taken to control crimes in the areas prone to crimes against women. "Rapid urbanisation of the Capital, particularly of the rural areas in Delhi, the unregulated increase in unauthorised construction and Delhi's expansion beyond the Outer Ring Road are a major cause of the slip in policing," the counsels for the state and Additional Solicitor General Rajeev Mehra, appearing for the Centre, was quoted as saying in Mail Today. The court has also directed the police to carry out a "sociological study as to why such crimes occur increasingly in certain pockets." "This exercise is very revealing and the map prima facie suggests that the traditional central Delhi and outer rural Delhi are virtually free of instances of crime against women and it is the semi-rural and semi urban areas that are a problem. Now that you have identified these problems, take them on in an organised way. Do not shoot in the dark," the court said. The Court also said that these areas required increased policing, gender sensitisation and public awareness campaigns to bring the crime rate down.