3Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 3 out of 10 Above average crime
3/10 in Germany · 7/10 in the world
Compared with 400 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).
Weighted crime: 15,487 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 | 5 | 6.9 | 2.9 |
| PKS cases: attempts are included. | |||
| Sexual offences | |||
| Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases | 14 | 19.2 | 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 | 149 | 204.3 | 185.2 |
| Common assault | 505 | 692.3 | 516.1 |
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery, including robbery of drivers | 20 | 27.4 | 47.9 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft, all kinds | 1,366 | 1,872.8 | 2,155.7 |
| Drugs | |||
| Drug offences | 285 | 390.7 | 192.2 |
| Damage and public order | |||
| Criminal damage | 514 | 704.7 | 649.7 |
Source: Bundeskriminalamt (PKS), updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 5 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 14 |
| Violence | 654 |
| Robbery | 20 |
| Theft and burglary | 1,366 |
| Drugs | 285 |
| Damage and public order | 514 |
Living
9/10 Living 9 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 9.1 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 8/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: Birkenschule 330 m
- School: Janusz-Korczak-Schule 750 m
- School: Graf-Münster-Gymnasium 930 m
- School: Markgräfin-Wilhelmine-Gymnasium 1.4 km
- School: Jean-Paul-Grundschule 1.5 km
- Bus stop: Geowissenschaften 140 m
- Bus stop: Geowissenschaften 140 m
- Bus stop: Rotkreuzstraße 260 m
- Railway station: Bayreuth Hbf 2.2 km
- Doctor or clinic: Rheuma-Praxis Bayreuth 780 m
- A&E: Klinik Hohe Warte 4.1 km
- Supermarket: EDEKA 420 m
- Supermarket: REWE 830 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Bayreuth (Landkreis) 10/10
- Kulmbach 8/10
- Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab 10/10
- Wunsiedel i.Fichtelgebirge 6/10
- Bamberg (Landkreis) 10/10
- Forchheim 10/10
- Lichtenfels 9/10
- Hof (Landkreis) 8/10
