4Amberg
Amberg, Germany: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 4 out of 10 Above average crime
4/10 in Germany · 7/10 in the world
Compared with 400 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).
Weighted crime: 12,869 per 100,000 people (2025)
Crime by type, as recorded by Bundeskriminalamt (PKS) (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | |||
| Murder, manslaughter and killing on request | 1 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| PKS cases: attempts are included. | |||
| Sexual offences | |||
| Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases | 8 | 18.8 | 17 |
| PKS key 111000: only the especially serious cases (sections 177 and 178 of the Criminal Code), not all sexual offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Dangerous and serious assault | 102 | 239.7 | 185.2 |
| Common assault | 223 | 524.1 | 516.1 |
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery, including robbery of drivers | 12 | 28.2 | 47.9 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft, all kinds | 644 | 1,513.4 | 2,155.7 |
| Drugs | |||
| Drug offences | 187 | 439.5 | 192.2 |
| Damage and public order | |||
| Criminal damage | 208 | 488.8 | 649.7 |
Source: Bundeskriminalamt (PKS), updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 1 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 8 |
| Violence | 325 |
| Robbery | 12 |
| Theft and burglary | 644 |
| Drugs | 187 |
| Damage and public order | 208 |
Living
8/10 Living 8 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 8.1 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 7/10
- Health: 8/10
- Supermarkets: 8/10
Nearest places
- School: Max-Josef-Schule 740 m
- School: Dr.-Johanna-Decker-Gymnasium 1.1 km
- School: Wirtschaftsschule Friedrich-Arnold 1.2 km
- School: Erasmus-Gymnasium 1.4 km
- School: Luitpoldschule 1.5 km
- Bus stop: Obersdorfer Brücke 190 m
- Bus stop: Obersdorfer Brücke 200 m
- Bus stop: Endemannstraße 260 m
- Railway station: Amberg 1.3 km
- Doctor or clinic: Frauenarztpraxis Beha Mergner 950 m
- A&E: St. Anna Krankenhaus 10.3 km
- Supermarket: Netto Marken-Discount 1.0 km
- Supermarket: NORMA 1.1 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Amberg-Sulzbach 10/10
- Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab 10/10
- Weiden i.d.OPf. 2/10
- Schwandorf 9/10
- Nürnberger Land 10/10
- Neumarkt i.d.OPf. 10/10
- Regensburg 1/10
- Bayreuth (Landkreis) 10/10
