Jhandewalan
SAFETY SCORE: 3.9/5

SafetiPin is a map-based mobile phone and online application, which works to make communities and cities safer by providing safety-related information collected by users and by trained auditors. At the core of the app is the Women’s Safety Audit. A Women’s Safety Audit (WSA) is a participatory tool for collecting and assessing information about perceptions of urban safety in
public spaces. 

The audit is based on nine parameters – Lighting, Openness, Visibility, Crowd, Security, Walk path, Availability of Public Transport, Gender Diversity, and Feeling. The audits were conducted by Safetipin team. The assessment was done post sunset till 9 pm.

Jhandewalan is an overhead metro station on Delhi Metro’s Blue line. This area is known for Hanuman temple and Mata Jhandewali temple after which the metro station is named. While there is the ridge on one side, there is a mixed use development on the other side of the station. It has offices, commercial complex and residences.

An area of approximately 500m radius around the metro station has been studied and 83 audit pins have been generated. The area outside the metro entry/exit and the bus stop were studied.

Safety Audits indicate that the area around the metro station is safe. The area fares well in terms of safety score. The parameters of Lighting, Walkpath and Public Transport have been rated Above Average. After office hours, Security and Visibility parameters have been rated Below Average.

Though there are people on the streets after dark in this area, women and children are less in number. While the parameter of People has been rated Average, Gender Usage has been rated Poor. Overall, auditors have rated the Feeling in this area as Average.