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German cities with the lowest recorded crime rate

German cities ranked by police-recorded incidents per 100,000 residents, lowest first. Recording practice is national, which keeps the ranking comparable inside Germany.

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Erlangen, Germany is first in the current published ranking at 4,602 incidents/100k residents; compare its source date and geographic grain before using the result.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-07-16

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

RankCity or placePublished valueCheckedSource and scope
1Erlangen, Germany4,602 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
2Fuerth, Germany4,641 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
3Offenbach am Main, Germany6,046 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
4Munich, Germany6,214 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
5Potsdam, Germany6,591 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
6Salzgitter, Germany6,622 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
7Ingolstadt, Germany6,881 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
8Bottrop, Germany6,957 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
9Leverkusen, Germany6,995 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
10Remscheid, Germany7,060 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
11Jena, Germany7,075 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
12Nuremberg, Germany7,079 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
13Heilbronn, Germany7,100 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
14Solingen, Germany7,121 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
15Wiesbaden, Germany7,216 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
16Mainz, Germany7,261 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
17Augsburg, Germany7,298 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
18Pforzheim, Germany7,371 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
19Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany7,465 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
20Heidelberg, Germany7,914 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
21Oldenburg, Germany7,959 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
22Darmstadt, Germany7,996 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
23Wolfsburg, Germany8,125 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
24Karlsruhe, Germany8,175 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
25Bielefeld, Germany8,264 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
26Oberhausen, Germany8,351 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
27Wuerzburg, Germany8,368 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
28Bochum, Germany8,381 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
29Braunschweig, Germany8,447 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
30Rostock, Germany8,457 incidents/100k residents2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Erlangen, Germany leads at 4,602 incidents/100k residents.
  • Rostock, Germany sits at the other end with 8,457 incidents/100k residents.
  • The middle of this ranking is 7,261 incidents/100k residents, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 3,855 incidents/100k residents.

What this measures

Every row is a published recorded incidents per 100,000 residents observation measured in incidents/100k residents, ranked lowest first. The values were observed in 2024. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2024-12-31
Last checked
2026-07-16
With an official source link
30 of 30

Sources

PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - StädteBundeskriminalamt (BKA) · Checked 2026-07-16