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Delhi Man Creates AI Map Highlighting Unsafe Areas for Women: "It's Our Duty To Step Up"
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News18•02-10-2026, 12:41
Delhi Man Creates AI Map Highlighting Unsafe Areas for Women: "It's Our Duty To Step Up"
- •A Delhi resident developed an AI-powered map using public crime data to visualize areas with higher safety risks for women, especially after dark.
- •Raj Gomani utilized National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data and Anthropic’s AI assistant Claude to build the map, including criminal profiles to enhance understanding of reported incidents.
- •Gomani expressed his dismay at the necessity of such a map, stating, "I am disgusted that I even have to point out unsafe areas in our national capital."
- •The project aims to make complex crime information accessible and easier for ordinary people to understand, moving beyond official records.
- •While receiving support, the map also sparked concerns about women's safety, with some users suggesting mapping safe areas instead due to the prevalence of unsafe zones.
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Raj Gomani utilized publicly available crime data from the National Crime Records Bureau along with Anthropic’s AI assistant Claude to build the map and analyze patterns related to reported incidents and criminal profiles.
The data-driven project highlighted areas with higher safety risks based on reported offences, lighting, isolation, and offender profiles in different regions of the capital.
Gomani stated that marking risk zones is only the first step and that simply blaming governments or men will not solve the wider problem, emphasizing that safety requires a shared effort and better resource allocation.
