4Gießen

Gießen, Germany: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 4 out of 10 Above average crime

4/10 in Germany · 8/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 12,212 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	10	3.7	2.9
PKS cases: attempts are included.
Sexual offences
Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases	53	19.7	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	536	199.7	185.2
Common assault	1,144	426.2	516.1
Robbery
Robbery, including robbery of drivers	126	46.9	47.9
Theft and burglary
Theft, all kinds	5,318	1,981.2	2,155.7
Drugs
Drug offences	496	184.8	192.2
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	1,283	478	649.7

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

3/10 Living 3 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.

Raw score 3.3 out of 10, before ranking.

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