2Darmstadt

Darmstadt, Germany: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 2 out of 10 High crime

2/10 in Germany · 7/10 in the world

Compared with 400 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 16,168 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	7	4.2	2.9
PKS cases: attempts are included.
Sexual offences
Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases	26	15.6	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	312	186.8	185.2
Common assault	763	456.8	516.1
Robbery
Robbery, including robbery of drivers	127	76	47.9
Theft and burglary
Theft, all kinds	6,052	3,623.3	2,155.7
Drugs
Drug offences	337	201.8	192.2
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	1,241	743	649.7

Source: Bundeskriminalamt (PKS), updated 26 October 2026.

10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.

Raw score 10.0 out of 10, before ranking.

School: Heinrich-Hoffmann-Schule 160 m
School: Abendgymnasium für Berufstätige 190 m
School: Pädagogische Akademie Elisabethenstift 200 m
School: Bernhard-Knell-Haus 210 m
School: VHS 260 m
Bus stop: Jugendstilbad 100 m
Bus stop: Mercksplatz 100 m
Bus stop: Mercksplatz 100 m
Railway station: Darmstadt Ost 960 m
Tram or metro stop: Roßdörfer Platz 370 m
Doctor or clinic: Operations- und Implantatszentrum Darmstadt (O.P.I.) 330 m
A&E: Agaplesion Elisabethenstift 290 m
Supermarket: Netto City 340 m
Supermarket: Nahkauf 380 m

Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.