3Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen, 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: 14,889 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 | 20 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| PKS cases: attempts are included. | |||
| Sexual offences | |||
| Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases | 111 | 17.9 | 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 | 1,149 | 184.9 | 185.2 |
| Common assault | 3,448 | 555 | 516.1 |
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery, including robbery of drivers | 297 | 47.8 | 47.9 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft, all kinds | 17,010 | 2,737.8 | 2,155.7 |
| Drugs | |||
| Drug offences | 816 | 131.3 | 192.2 |
| Damage and public order | |||
| Criminal damage | 4,290 | 690.5 | 649.7 |
Source: Bundeskriminalamt (PKS), updated 28 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 20 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 111 |
| Violence | 4,597 |
| Robbery | 297 |
| Theft and burglary | 17,010 |
| Drugs | 816 |
| Damage and public order | 4,290 |
Questions about crime in Recklinghausen
- Is Recklinghausen safe?
- Recklinghausen: Safety 3 out of 10 (Above average crime). Compared with 400 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).
- What is the crime rate in Recklinghausen?
- Recklinghausen: Weighted crime: 14,889 per 100,000 people (2025).
- How many murders are there in Recklinghausen?
- Recorded homicides in Recklinghausen (2025): 20.
Living
9/10 Living 9 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 8.9 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 9/10
- Transport: 8/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 10/10
Nearest places
- School: Martin-Luther-King-Gesamtschule 580 m
- School: Ernst-Immel-Realschule 850 m
- School: Canisiusschule 1.2 km
- School: Pestalozzischule 1.4 km
- School: Gymnasium im Loekamp 1.5 km
- Bus stop: Gerhard-Jüttner-Weg 120 m
- Bus stop: Gerhard-Jüttner-Weg 130 m
- Bus stop: Victoriastraße Nr. 170 220 m
- Railway station: Marl-Sinsen 1.9 km
- Doctor or clinic: Facharztzentrum 1.5 km
- A&E: Paracelsus-Klinik 1.7 km
- Supermarket: Lidl 350 m
- Supermarket: Edeka Koehne 450 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Gelsenkirchen 1/10
- Herne 2/10
- Bottrop 3/10
- Bochum 2/10
- Coesfeld 6/10
- Essen 2/10
- Oberhausen 2/10
- Dortmund 1/10
