Officially recorded crime for every municipality - 98 in total - with rates per
1,000 residents, on an interactive map you can zoom from the whole country down to street level.
Data period: year ending Q1 2026. Sources: Statistics Denmark (STRAF11) · Dataforsyningen boundaries.
Safest areas in Denmark
Læsø - 13.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
Ærø - 15.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
Rebild - 18.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
Thisted - 18.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
Favrskov - 20.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
Highest recorded crime
København - 90.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
Glostrup - 69.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
Tårnby - 67.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
Frederiksberg - 61.5 crimes / 1,000 residents
Odense - 56.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
Read the numbers honestly. Rates are per 1,000 residents, so city centres
and tourist areas look worse than they feel - many visitors, few residents. Recorded crime is not the same as how
safe a place feels, and recording practices differ between countries, so compare within Denmark only.