These are the top 10 cities with the highest Cruelty by husband or his relatives rate.
| City | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agra | 35.4 | 35.1 | 28.6 | 44.9 | 45.6 | 37.9 |
| Ahmedabad | 40.9 | 46.3 | 48.2 | 58.5 | 26.7 | 44.1 |
| Allahabad | 11.4 | 16.4 | 23.5 | 27.8 | 31.4 | 22.1 |
| Amritsar | 15.7 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 27.1 | 19.6 |
| Asansol | 52.1 | 77.5 | 40.3 | 78.5 | 82.4 | 66.2 |
| Aurangabad | 21.4 | 21.1 | 26.5 | 28.8 | 24.4 | |
| Bengaluru | 9.8 | 11.3 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.6 |
| Bhopal | 21.3 | 30.3 | 26.9 | 34.2 | 32.9 | 29.1 |
| Chandigarh | 9.1 | 14.3 | 19.0 | 29.6 | 18.0 | |
| Chennai | 2.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 5.2 |
| Coimbatore | 4.2 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 6.5 |
| Delhi | 16.8 | 19.8 | 24.7 | 38.0 | 37.5 | 27.4 |
| Dhanbad | 2.0 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 |
| Durg-Bhilainagar | 18.5 | 18.7 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 23.1 | |
| Faridabad | 34.2 | 33.3 | 30.1 | 39.0 | 46.2 | 36.6 |
| Ghaziabad | 12.3 | 20.1 | 43.2 | 50.9 | 31.6 | |
| Gwalior | 25.9 | 29.2 | 68.6 | 68.6 | 48.1 | |
| Hyderabad | 37.7 | 36.0 | 35.6 | 39.3 | 34.2 | 36.6 |
| India | 16.0 | 16.9 | 18.2 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 18.3 |
| Indore | 24.9 | 29.5 | 33.6 | 23.9 | 17.5 | 25.9 |
| Jabalpur | 19.5 | 21.3 | 24.2 | 18.7 | 27.0 | 22.1 |
| Jaipur | 49.5 | 64.4 | 64.8 | 76.3 | 79.4 | 66.9 |
| Jamshedpur | 3.4 | 9.5 | 12.3 | 20.6 | 13.3 | 11.8 |
| Jodhpur | 62.8 | 55.9 | 69.3 | 79.6 | 66.9 | |
| Kannur | 12.1 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 11.7 | |
| Kanpur | 33.5 | 21.3 | 19.8 | 16.9 | 33.0 | 24.9 |
| Kochi | 13.6 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 15.4 | 13.1 |
| Kolkata | 5.9 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 16.8 | 11.7 |
| Kollam | 55.0 | 57.9 | 52.4 | 51.0 | 54.1 | |
| Kota | 87.6 | 90.8 | 108.6 | 114.0 | 100.2 | |
| Kozhikode | 16.1 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 17.3 | 14.9 | |
| Lucknow | 43.8 | 32.8 | 32.7 | 58.0 | 40.6 | 41.6 |
| Ludhiana | 14.7 | 13.8 | 18.3 | 18.9 | 21.4 | 17.4 |
| Madurai | 9.5 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 9.9 |
| Malappuram | 14.2 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 12.5 | |
| Meerut | 32.1 | 14.8 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 59.6 | 29.9 |
| Mumbai | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| Nagpur | 14.3 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 17.8 | 19.1 | 15.8 |
| Nasik | 16.8 | 15.6 | 19.9 | 24.5 | 27.1 | 20.8 |
| Patna | 20.5 | 20.8 | 30.7 | 38.8 | 42.1 | 30.6 |
| Pune | 9.0 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 11.9 |
| Raipur | 10.8 | 15.8 | 26.6 | 15.3 | 17.1 | |
| Rajkot | 44.6 | 37.3 | 40.0 | 38.5 | 45.6 | 41.2 |
| Ranchi | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 17.0 | 10.8 | |
| Srinagar | 9.1 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | |
| Surat | 13.6 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 24.9 | 20.5 | 17.6 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 17.9 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 17.2 | |
| Thrissur | 13.4 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.6 | |
| Tiruchirappalli | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | |
| Vadodara | 24.8 | 27.6 | 35.1 | 47.9 | 35.1 | 34.1 |
| Varanasi | 7.4 | 7.9 | 15.6 | 34.6 | 26.7 | 18.4 |
| Vasai-Virar | 2.1 | 4.5 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 7.2 | |
| Vijayawada | 84.5 | 144.0 | 153.4 | 165.7 | 86.8 | 126.9 |
| Vishakhapatnam | 46.0 | 45.2 | 48.2 | 64.1 | 43.4 | 49.4 |