1Erfurt

Erfurt, Germany: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 1 out of 10 High crime

1/10 in Germany · 7/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 22,672 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	3	1.4	2.9
PKS cases: attempts are included.
Sexual offences
Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases	31	14.2	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	630	287.9	185.2
Common assault	1,863	851.5	516.1
Robbery
Robbery, including robbery of drivers	215	98.3	47.9
Theft and burglary
Theft, all kinds	9,422	4,306.4	2,155.7
Drugs
Drug offences	551	251.8	192.2
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	2,088	954.3	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 9.3 out of 10, before ranking.

School: Ludwig-Erhard-Schule 160 m
School: Ulrich-von-Hutten-Schule 190 m
School: Moritzschule 230 m
School 300 m
School: Andreas-Gordon-Schule (Hügelschule) 420 m
Railway station: Erfurt Hauptbahnhof 1.8 km
Tram or metro stop: Boyneburgufer 250 m
Doctor or clinic: Psychotherapeutische Praxis für Kinder & Jugendliche 410 m
A&E: Helios Klinikum Erfurt 700 m
Supermarket: Orient Markt 290 m
Supermarket: EDEKA 360 m

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