The Numbeo Safety Index 2026 was released covering 304 cities worldwide. Qingdao (China) was ranked the safest city in the world and Mangaluru (Karnataka) the safest in India. India's top five safest cities are Mangaluru (74.4), Ahmedabad (68.5), Jaipur (65.3), Coimbatore (62.0) and Thiruvananthapuram (61.0). India ranked 70th globally among countries (average score 55.8, moderate category); the safest countries were UAE (86.0), Qatar (84.8) and Andorra (84.8).