Safecity x Lygiosios
We are the official „Safecity” ambassadors in Lithuania. Report sexual violence and harassment anonymously.
In 2024, „Lygiosios” began working with „Red Dot Foundation Global” (RDFG), an international non-profit organisation that creates safe public and private spaces, especially for women and girls. Like „Lygiosios”, RDFG works towards gender equality, safety and justice.
We contribute directly to RDFG’s „Safecity” initiative and are its ambassadors in Lithuania.
Since March 2024, „Lygiosios” has officially represented „Safecity” in Lithuania and helps spread the initiative in both public and online spaces: at events, festivals, on social media, and so on. From now on, people in Lithuania can anonymously report sexual violence and harassment experienced in public and private spaces, and can consult our organisation.
We firmly believe that working with „Safecity” will help build safer cities in Lithuania.
Submit an anonymous report about sexual harassment or violence
What is Safecity?
„Safecity” is a platform where you can record violence and harassment experienced in public spaces. This register provides access to data that would otherwise go uncollected, and at the same time gives individuals, communities, the police and city authorities the means to create safer public and private spaces based on real experiences.
Why should I use „Safecity”?
„Safecity” technology helps analyse situations and reports, and provides informative insights about locations, the nature of reports and critical areas of the city. These insights become the basis for researchers, city authorities, the police and communities to pay more attention to safety in the very places where more reports have been recorded. So by recording their own cases, users can contribute directly to building a safer city and help change the situation of victims of violence and harassment.
We also notice that, when using the app, we pay more attention to cases of violence and harassment and are more inclined to report or help someone else — this reduces the normalisation of violence in society.
By recording an incident, you:
Increase transparency and public accountability around gender-based harassment and violence
Reduce the normalisation of sexual violence and harassment
Contribute to policy change grounded in real data
Encourage the municipality to allocate resources for city safety more effectively
Join us and help build a safer city!
Warning
The „Safecity” platform is not an emergency service. If you have experienced violence or sexual harassment, contact emergency services or the police as soon as possible. The „Safecity” platform will help you find advice on how to act in certain situations, but we first and foremost encourage you to seek help from the police.
Safecity statistics for 2025
The data already gathered on the SafeCity platform in Lithuania provides important insights into the nature, scale and specifics of sexual harassment and violence. This data confirms a systemic problem and the need for urgent action.
Age and gender distribution
The data shows that 100% of victims identified as women, confirming that the problem affects women almost exclusively. The age distribution reveals a clear trend — most victims belong to younger age groups. The 18–25 age category dominates absolutely. This shows that young women face a disproportionately higher risk in unsafe situations — likely because of more intensive mobility and travel to places of study or work. Other age groups (26–30, 31–35, 36–40 and 50+) are represented far less.
Forms of harassment
The data analysis reveals that verbal harassment is the most common form, affecting victims across all age groups. The second most common form is touching or groping, particularly concentrated among younger women. Unwanted staring also appears frequently among women aged 18–25, and is fairly common in the 26–30 and 31–35 age groups too. Stalking is reported across several age groups, especially among the 18–25 group. Physical assault, although less widespread, still occurs across various age groups, including the largest number of cases among the 18–25 group and isolated cases in older groups.
Timing of incidents
The line chart in the Safecity report shows how cases are distributed throughout the day. Few incidents are recorded in the early morning hours. The greatest activity is recorded at 3 pm, the highest point of the day. This data reveals that the most dangerous time windows are around midday (12–3 pm) and in the evening (7–10 pm), when there is heavy foot traffic on the streets. It shows that violence and harassment are encountered not only at night, as is commonly assumed, but during the day as well.
The most dangerous places
Based on the distribution of incident locations, streets and open public spaces account for the largest share of recorded cases (45.5%). Commercial locations (21.2%), such as shops and cafés, also show a high number of incidents. Incidents in nightclubs and bars (10.6%) are especially worrying, as these environments often involve crowds, alcohol and reduced supervision. Public transport (6.1%), including buses and bus stops, also poses a heightened risk.
Motives behind incidents
The data analysis shows that the vast majority of incidents were gender-motivated — the victims believed the attack happened specifically because of their gender. This makes gender-based harassment the dominant motive in the dataset. The second most common motive is sexual intimidation, where victims felt the attacker was trying to intimidate them. Cases relating to the victim’s sexual orientation were also recorded, showing that discrimination based on perceived or actual sexual orientation also plays a significant role. In addition, some incidents were identified as attempts to sexually assault the victim, indicating a clear threat of harassment escalating into physical violence.
Data on reports to the police
The data reveals an extremely low rate of reporting to the police across almost all types of incident, regardless of their severity. Victims experienced a wide spectrum of harmful acts — sexual assault, physical assault, touching or groping, sexual remarks, staring, stalking and indecent behaviour — yet almost none of these incidents were reported to law enforcement. The only case in which a victim contacted the police involved a particularly threatening combination of acts — stalking together with indecent behaviour.
This extremely low reporting rate (just 8.8%) confirms the need for the SafeCity platform — it offers an alternative for those who do not want to or cannot go to the police, but still want their experience to be recorded and to contribute to solving the problem.
You can contribute directly to creating better conditions in your city and help fight violence and sexual harassment.
We encourage you to submit anonymous reports (they can also be recorded retrospectively and on behalf of another person). If you would like to help spread the word, or have ideas on how Safecity could be even more useful in realising the vision of safe cities, we invite you to collaborate and get involved!