Is India Safe for Women? Crime Rate in India
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 2.5 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 322 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: | 2.5/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2.4/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 2.2/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 2/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.6/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.7/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.6/5 | A bit worried |
How safe is India?
Ruchi
Mumbai
Mumbai is a fairly safe City especially compared to the rest of the country. It's easy to use public transportation as well as go out in the night wearing your choices of clothes. As it's known as a city that never sleeps, you will always find streets to be crowded
Posted: April 23, 2025Mumbai
I feel safe a lot living in Mumbai. I've been living almost my whole life now in Mumbai and i also use the public transport quite a lot and I've found it to be pretty safe. I love like how i don't have to worry all the time that this will happen or that will happen. I love mumbai a lot.
Posted: April 22, 2025Jaipur
Jaipur is a pretty safe city . It has facilities like police anytime available so u are mostly sade and people are very welcoming . Everyone is very kind . It is my personal experience as I have been born and brought up in jaipur but now I stay in banglore for my studies
Posted: April 22, 2025
Janki
Ahmedabad
It’s really safe for girls. You can go out till 2 am here and nobody will say a word or stare at you unlike other states in india! I’ve had a few incidents where men helped me late at night, I think Ahmedabad is safe
Posted: April 22, 2025Pune
Safety in Lune really depends on which part of Pune you are in. The central areas are pretty crowded, and can get unsafe sometimes, especially for people coming from out of Pune/India The outskirts are comparatively way safer, and far less crowded. I would suggest staying in the outskirts and travelling to the center for sightseeing
Posted: April 22, 2025Bangalore
I'm staying in Bangalore from last year and so far it's been good. The public transportation is.also good except for a few perverted men. As a college student living alone, I'm a bit worried about my safety.
Posted: April 21, 2025Greater Noida
I am living in this city for past 4 years and it's fells pretty safe to me, after sunset there is limited public transportation so that is a problem otherwise it's preety safe if you live nearby pari chowk or within 20 km
Posted: April 21, 2025Noida
Noida is all safe. I haven't experienced any problems here. Beautiful city, and good people. It's pretty much safe for girls. Mostly corporate people live here, so it's a civilized society. The city has so many police stations. So good safety.
Posted: April 21, 2025Bangalore
In banglore , pretty much places are not soo safe according to me ! But over all if you look into then they are few area and surroundings which rather feels safe !! Soo yeah-this is my answer . Thank you
Posted: April 21, 2025New Delhi
Not safe for a woman to travel alone, I would suggest you to travel in groups or with men. Mostly travel while the sun is out, refrain from travelling at night, stay in vetted hotels, use public transport with caution (use the ladies compartment in metro).
Posted: April 20, 2025Safety in India
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