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Köln, Germany: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 1 out of 10 High crime

1/10 in Germany · 6/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 27,366 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	27	2.6	2.9
PKS cases: attempts are included.
Sexual offences
Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases	387	37.8	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	3,933	383.8	185.2
Common assault	9,803	956.7	516.1
Robbery
Robbery, including robbery of drivers	1,168	114	47.9
Theft and burglary
Theft, all kinds	52,614	5,135	2,155.7
Drugs
Drug offences	3,786	369.5	192.2
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	10,454	1,020.3	649.7

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

9/10 Living 9 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.

Raw score 9.5 out of 10, before ranking.

School: Freie Schule Köln und Nikolaus-Groß-Schule (katholische Grundschule) 270 m
School: Förderschule Blumenthalstraße 320 m
School: Förderschule Auguststraße (FES) 460 m
School: Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Balthasarstraße 540 m
School: Bilinguale Gesamtschule BilinGO Campus 670 m
Railway station: Köln Hansaring 910 m
Tram or metro stop: Lohsestraße 130 m
Doctor or clinic: Dr. med. Ahmed Redwan & Michael Schmitz 310 m
A&E: Kinderkrankenhaus Amsterdamer Straße 1.0 km
Supermarket: Aldi Süd 50 m
Supermarket: REWE Ziegler 170 m

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