Safety score
Personal safety, institutional trust, and resilience signals informed by international safety and crime data.
Safety in Berlin82/100
Safety
Safety in Berlin
Berlin has solid safety with neighborhood variation. Violent-crime context is comparatively low; opportunistic risks concentrate in transit and night-life areas. Safety in Berlin scores 82/100, placing it in the strong group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 82/100
Safety score
82/100
Solid score with strong neighborhood variation.
Violent-crime context
Low
Violent-crime context is comparatively low globally.
Watch item
Bike theft
Property-related opportunistic risks are the main practical concern.
Berlin safety data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 82/100 | Resident experience varies with area and time of day. |
| Violent-crime context | Low | Day-to-day stability supports daily life. |
| Watch item | Bike theft | Locking practices and registration help. |
Safety city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin (this page) | 82/100 | Berlin has solid safety with neighborhood variation. Violent-crime context is comparatively low; opportunistic risks concentrate in transit and night-life areas. |
| Munich | 89/100 | Munich scores well on safety, with strong institutional response and stable public-safety perception. |
| Hamburg | 84/100 | Hamburg scores well on safety, with strong institutional response and district-level variation. |
| Siegen | 82/100 | Siegen's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Pforzheim | 81/100 | Pforzheim's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Hanau | 81/100 | Hanau's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bottrop | 80/100 | Bottrop's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Remscheid | 80/100 | Remscheid's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bergisch Gladbach | 80/100 | Bergisch Gladbach's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Frankfurt | 79/100 | Frankfurt's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Hagen | 79/100 | Hagen's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Reutlingen | 79/100 | Reutlingen's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Moers | 79/100 | Moers's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Salzgitter | 79/100 | Salzgitter's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Esslingen am Neckar | 79/100 | Esslingen am Neckar's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Oberhausen | 78/100 | Oberhausen's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Recklinghausen | 78/100 | Recklinghausen's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Stuttgart | 77/100 | Stuttgart's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Gütersloh | 76/100 | Gütersloh's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Cologne | 75/100 | Cologne's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Düsseldorf | 75/100 | Düsseldorf's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Freiburg | 75/100 | Freiburg's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Leipzig | 74/100 | Leipzig's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Dresden | 74/100 | Dresden's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Heidelberg | 74/100 | Heidelberg's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Münster | 73/100 | Münster's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Aachen | 73/100 | Aachen's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Wolfsburg | 73/100 | Wolfsburg's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Hanover | 73/100 | Hanover's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Nuremberg | 73/100 | Nuremberg's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bonn | 73/100 | Bonn's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
Interpretation
Safety scoring weighs violent-crime context, neighborhood variation, and institutional response. Major capitals tend to have visible opportunistic risk patterns. Across the indexed cities the safety average is 63/100, so Berlin is 19 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 2 institutional references.
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Sources
2 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: UNODC Data Portal
Used as a directional benchmark for relative city safety framing.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
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