Is India Safe for Women?
Safety rating
Women living in India consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 3.9 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in India consider the crime rate to be moderate, with an overall crime rating of 2.6 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 41% percentage of women in India have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
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Crime & Safety Statistics
Based on 488 experiences
Safety rating: | 3.9/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.3/5 | Moderate |
Safety using public transport: | 3.9/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2.6/5 | Moderate |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2.6/5 | Moderate |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 2.3/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 2.1/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.7/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.9/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
How safe is India?
Chennai
Chennai welcomes all! It's the best place for women with security cameras everywhere and culture entwined locations to explore. Perfect for vegans, vegetarians and non vegetarians. We have free bus facility only for women and metro connecting the important points of the city.
Posted: September 22, 2025Ujjain
It’s a city of temples and pretty active in all areas. Locals are decent depending on the area you are in. So being a religious place it is overall pretty safe but would not recommend some areas that are orthodox in beliefs
Posted: September 18, 2025India
It is safe in day light I suppose as I have not been kidnapped yet!!!!😅 at night in metro cities not worry at all but it is scary sometimes! Being a girl it feels little scary everywhere but at night if I am alone on street but in India it depends where you are !
Posted: September 17, 2025New Delhi
Delhi is safe in groups if you want to stay out late/all night, if you're solo I'd suggest stick to day time and before 10pm ideally. one safe location to another is okay ish later than that in terms of cabs.
Posted: September 16, 2025Kanpur
There are time when I have to go and come back on my own in day and evenings as well, and I’d say the experience was not too scary. The people are usually pretty kind, generous and helpful. I’d say it’s not that bad of an experience living here.
Posted: September 14, 2025Is India worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 171 experiences from female travelers
Simin
Iran
India, Couple travel
We stayed in 5 star hotels which were above expectations! They were amazing, specially Leela ambiance in Delhi. We used uber for getting around, also subway and rikshas were amazing. Food in general was good, specially some restaurants in Muslim areas where they served meat. It was safe, except for driving! It felt like we're gonna crash every minute. I don't recommend going to famous souvenir shop, but old Bazar is a good place to buy souvenir. We stayed one week in total, 3 days in Delhi, 2 days Agra and 2 days Jaipur and I believe it was so little for such an amazing country
Posted: September 21, 2025Experienced: March, 2024Safety in India
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