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NARI 2025 Finds 40% of Urban Women Feel Unsafe, Sets City Rankings and 65% Safety Score

The new index urges policymakers to pair perception data with crime records to target safety gaps.

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Mumbai was among the cities leading national safety ranking, often correlating with higher gender equity, infrastructure, policing, or civic participation.
The National Annual Report and Index on Women's Safety, NARI 2025, based on views from 31 cities covering all states.
NARI 2025

Overview

  • Released by NCW chairperson Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar and produced by Pvalue Analytics with publication by GIA, the index assigns India a 65% national safety score.
  • The findings draw on responses from 12,770 women across 31 cities, capturing experiences that official crime tallies miss.
  • Kohima, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Itanagar and Mumbai rank among the safest, while Ranchi, Srinagar, Kolkata, Delhi, Faridabad, Patna and Jaipur sit at the bottom.
  • Seven percent of women reported harassment in 2024, yet only about 22% said they reported incidents to authorities and action followed in roughly 16% of cases, with about three in four lacking confidence in resolution.
  • Perceived safety drops sharply after dark due to poor lighting, weak transport and limited visible security, workplace POSH awareness remains low at 53%, and the report is positioned as an annual benchmark to guide reforms.