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How safe is Germany?

Officially recorded crime for every district - 400 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: calendar year 2025. Sources: BKA Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik · Opendatasoft boundaries.

Safest areas in Germany

  1. Regensburg - 19.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Amberg-Sulzbach - 20.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Bamberg - 20.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Straubing-Bogen - 21.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Würzburg - 21.0 crimes / 1,000 residents

Highest recorded crime

  1. Frankfurt am Main - 150.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Frankfurt (Oder) - 143.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Berlin - 136.4 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Bremen - 135.6 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Suhl - 135.3 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 Germany only.

Open the interactive map of Germany →

All 400 districts (Kreise), from Berlin to rural Bavaria, with pickpocketing and burglary in the breakdown.