New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The national Capital has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the least safe cities for women along with Patna, Jaipur, Faridabad, Kolkata, Srinagar and Ranchi. Meanwhile, Kohima, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Itanagar and Mumbai have emerged as the safest cities in the country for women.
The least safe and most safe cities were ranked in the National Annual Report and Index on Women's Safety (NARI) 2025 release on Thursday.
The nationwide index, based on a survey of 12,770 women across 31 cities, placed the national safety score at 65 per cent, categorising cities as much above, above, at, below or much below.
Kohima and other top-ranked cities were associated with stronger gender equity, c...