News: The National Commission for Women released the National Annual Report & Index on Women’s Safety (NARI) 2025on August 28, based on a survey of 12,770 women across 31 cities.
About National Annual Report & Index on Women’s Safety (NARI) 2025
- NARI 2025 is a survey-based national safety index that documents lived experiences, unreported harassment, and perceptions of safety beyond official crime data.
- It assigns a national safety score of 65% and classifies cities as “much above,” “above,” “below,” or “much below” this benchmark.
- The report is the first such national safety index, released by the NCW and ideated and funded by Pvalue Analytics.
Key Highlights
Perceptions of safety
- Six in ten women felt safe in their city, while 40% considered themselves “not so safe” or “unsafe.”
- Safety perceptions decline sharply at night; educational institutions are 86% safe in daylight, with notable drops off-campus or after dark.
City rankings and patterns
- Safest cities: Kohima, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Itanagar, and Mumbai.
- Lowest ranked: Patna, Jaipur, Faridabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Srinagar, and Ranchi; Faridabad ranked 27th and Delhi 28th.
- Higher-ranked cities align with gender equity, civic participation, policing, and women-friendly infrastructure.
- lower-ranked cities reflect weak institutional responsiveness, patriarchal norms, and infrastructure gaps.
