In August 2025, Numbeo, a crowd-sourced global database, released Numbeo Safety Index Mid-2025 Rankings. As per the Index, Mangalore is ranked as the safest city in India and 49th globally with the score of 74.3. Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates, UAE) has topped the list with the score of 88.8.
- Delhi has been ranked as the most unsafe city in India, 316th globally with the score of 41.
Exam Hints:
- What? Numbeo released Numbeo Safety Index Mid-2025 Rankings
- First Rank: Mangalore in India, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Globally)
- Safest Country: United Arab Emirates (UAE) 85.2
- Most Unsafe country: Haiti (148th rank) 19.0
- Total cities in the list: 391
Ranking Methodology:
Surveys: The data is derived from surveys, answered by the visitors of websites. The responses are assigned a numerical value between -2, indicating a negative perception, and +2, indicating a positive perception.
Category: The responses are scaled from 0 to 100, which are categorized into different levels. It includes Very low (below 20), Low (20 -40), Moderate (40 – 60), High (60-80), and Very High (above 80).
Features: The index features 391 cities from across the world.
Highlights of the Index:
Top 5 Safest cities Worldwide:
| Rank | City | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 88.8 |
| 2 | Ajman | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 85.5 |
| 3 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 84.4 |
| 4 | Doha | Qatar | 84.3 |
| 5 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 83.9 |
Top 5 Indian Cities:
| Rank | Global Rank | City | State | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49 | Mangalore | Karnataka | 74.3 |
| 2 | 85 | Vadodara | Gujarat | 69.2 |
| 3 | 94 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 68.2 |
| 4 | 106 | Surat | Gujarat | 66.6 |
| 5 | 118 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 65.2 |
Top 5 Safest Countries:
| Rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 85.2 |
| 2 | Andorra | 84.8 |
| 3 | Qatar | 84.6 |
| 4 | Taiwan | 83.0 |
| 5 | Macao (China) | 81.8 |
| 67 | India | 55.8 |
Performance of the Cities:
Global: The Middle East region has dominated the list with 5 cities ranked in top 5. Four cities of UAE and one city of Qatar has occupied the spots. Ras al-Khaimah of UAE has been ranked 6th with a score of 83.8.
- Other top 10 cities include Taipei (Tawan) (7th rank) with a score of 83.4. Muscat (Oman) (8th) with a score of 81.2, The Hague (Den Haag) (Netherlands) (9th) (79.9), and Tampere (Finland) (10) (79.5).
Indian Cities: Other top 10 Indian cities include Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) (6) (127th globally) with the score of 63.5, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) (7) (148th globally) (61.3), Chennai (Tamil Nadu, TN) (8) (158th globally) (60.3), Pune (Maharashtra) (9th) (167th globally) (58.7), and Chandigarh (Punjab and Haryana) (10) (175th globally) (57.4).
- Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh, UP) (19) has been ranked among the most unsafe cities, ranked 313th globally with the score of 41.6, and Noida (UP) (18) (285th globally) (44.9).
Countries: Other top 10 countries include Oman (6th rank) with a score of 81.4, Isle of Man (7) (79.1), Hong Kong (China) (8) (78.5), Armenia (9) (77.6), and Singapore (10) (77.4).
- Countries including Haiti (148th rank) with the score of 19.0 has been ranked as the most unsafe country in the world.
About Numbeo:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Mladen Adamovic
Headquarters – Belgrade, Serbia
Established – 2009
