6Opfikon
Opfikon, Switzerland: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 6 out of 10 Average crime
6/10 in Kanton Zürich · 10/10 in the world
Compared with 34 places in Kanton Zürich (10 = lowest crime).
Weighted crime: 16,419 per 100,000 people (2025)
Crime by type, as recorded by Kantonspolizei Zürich (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual offences | |||
| Offences against sexual integrity | 22 | 102.1 | 154.4 |
| Criminal Code title 5, attempts included. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Offences against life and limb | 72 | 334 | 423.6 |
| Criminal Code title 1: homicide, assault, brawling and endangering life, attempts included. | |||
| Offences against liberty | 89 | 412.9 | 918.6 |
| Criminal Code title 4: threats, coercion, stalking, trespass and deprivation of liberty, attempts included. | |||
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Offences against property | 647 | 3,001.8 | 4,942.8 |
| Criminal Code title 2: theft, burglary, robbery, fraud and criminal damage together, attempts included. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug offences, minor cases | 26 | 120.6 | 205.8 |
| Narcotics Act offences other than serious cases. Contraventions (mostly use, often fined on the spot) are not counted. | |||
| Drug offences, serious cases | 14 | 65 | 62.8 |
| Other | |||
| Other Criminal Code offences | 115 | 533.5 | 964.4 |
| Every other title of the Criminal Code (forgery, arson, offences against public authority and others), attempts included. | |||
Source: Kantonspolizei Zürich, updated 28 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Sexual offences | 22 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 161 |
| Theft and burglary | 647 |
| Drugs | 40 |
| Other | 115 |
Questions about crime in Opfikon
- Is Opfikon safe?
- Opfikon: Safety 6 out of 10 (Average crime). Compared with 34 places in Kanton Zürich (10 = lowest crime).
- What is the crime rate in Opfikon?
- Opfikon: Weighted crime: 16,419 per 100,000 people (2025).
Living
7/10 Living 7 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 9.6 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 10/10
- Health: 9/10
- Supermarkets: 9/10
Nearest places
- School: Schule Mettlen 80 m
- School: Primarschule Oberhausen 370 m
- School: Schule Halden 370 m
- School: Schulanlage Bubenholz 550 m
- School: Schulzentrum Oberhausen 670 m
- Bus stop: Schulstrasse 50 m
- Bus stop: Schulstrasse 70 m
- Bus stop: Neuwiesen 220 m
- Railway station: Opfikon 880 m
- Tram or metro stop: Bahnhof Glattbrugg 1.1 km
- Doctor or clinic: Praxis Mittelpunkt, Gesundheitspraxis 490 m
- A&E: Universitätsspital Zürich 6.2 km
- Supermarket: Migros 610 m
- Supermarket: Coop 660 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
