Women living in Mumbai consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.3 out of 5.
Women living in Mumbai consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2 out of 5.
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.
Based on 45 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.3/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 4.1/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.2/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.9/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.7/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Shivanii
Mumbai is an extremely safe city, even for solo female travellers. The people are very helpful as well. Using public transport is also safe at any time of the day or night. There’s a special women’s safety division of the mumbai police department that does the rounds in quiet areas post midnight to ensure safety. However in any case you feel unsafe, call - 100 immediately
Posted: January 26, 2025It's quite safe, especially for women. You can always take the public transports like local trains, buses, metros without worrying. Even the autos and cabs are worry free using Ola/Uber. The people are quite helpful even when you find yourself in a tricky situation
Posted: January 25, 2025Being a traveller and explorer, I find Mumbai as most aesthetic city in India and also the most safest even during the nights, especially for girls. You can always find crowds here and there and some activities happening all around the city round the clock, which comes with utmost security. One should never miss this city's night life, irrespective of gender.
Posted: January 22, 2025Mumbai is a cosmopolitan city like New York. There's ample public transport and policing in every part, even late at night. Incidents of a harmful nature seldom happen in the majority of crowded areas. There are a few 24-hour cafes and hotels.
Posted: January 19, 2025Mumbai is the safest city in India. You will always see the city lit up and people ready to help. Local transport are accessible and cheap. But it’s a fast paced city and not much of nature left to see.
Posted: January 17, 2025Ruchika
Mumbai is one of the safest places in India to travel to. Since I have been a teenager I have always been out late with friends and with family members or just by myself and have had no restrictions from my parents.
Posted: January 16, 2025Comparatively Mumbai is one of the safer cities in India for women. Wearing what you want, using Uber alone whenever you want is what I wouldn't do in any other city besides Goa. The rickshawalas are quite friendly and fast most of the time which is convenient too.
Posted: January 13, 2025Mumbai is the city of dreams much like LA. But one thing that sets us apart is, we are moderately safer for women. The local people are very helpful and so are the cops.. may it be the traffic coos or the civil cops. Mumbai has the best police in whole of India. There are some places you shouldn't venture alone to and definitely not after dark. Mumbai is divided between the educated, modern spaces and the struggling, uneducated clusters. And it would be wrong to say one is better than the other but avoid tempting fate.
Posted: January 10, 2025It’s the safest city in India. Though you need to be careful as a tourist. But if you have a local with you, it makes your travel a lot easier, specially with the language barrier or if someone bluffs you. That happens when there’s a foreign tourist. But not everyone is like that. The city is vibrant, warm and kind.
Posted: January 7, 2025Divina
Mumbai is a very safe city, it's a good place to be free and restless as a tourist, however be a little cautious about your surroundings and the people around you. Although, the good news is mumbaikars are used to having tourists around them and are welcoming enough. Enjoy, explore and have fun!
Posted: January 6, 2025Mumbai is the city that never sleeps of Asia. My heart got stuck over there. As a woman, you obviously get a lot of attention, a lot of looks. I found the best way to handle it was to not look back, keep walking straight as if you know the way. I never had any problems worse than that.
Posted: March 21, 2024SONALI
I am an ex tech sales professional who has now started trading in options full time. I am also a stock market investor and I love to travel and read about different cultures and nationalities. I'd love to host you and converse with you about your travel experiences and the best and not so best times you've had. XO
Prakriti
I work in the mumbai entertainment industry or Bollywood as a creative director and writer producer while also being an avid traveller and have travelled across the globe extensively, so I realise the importance of meeting locals to guide one through a new city to make the journey easier.