6Erlangen

Erlangen, Germany: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 6 out of 10 Average crime

6/10 in Germany · 8/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 9,887 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	1	0.9	2.9
PKS cases: attempts are included.
Sexual offences
Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases	14	12.1	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	152	131.1	185.2
Common assault	428	369.2	516.1
Robbery
Robbery, including robbery of drivers	27	23.3	47.9
Theft and burglary
Theft, all kinds	1,995	1,720.9	2,155.7
Drugs
Drug offences	177	152.7	192.2
Damage and public order
Criminal damage	722	622.8	649.7

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

8/10 Living 8 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.

Raw score 8.1 out of 10, before ranking.

School: Pestalozzischule 1.0 km
School: Werner-von-Siemens-Realschule 1.2 km
School: Grundschule Büchenbach 1.3 km
School: Hermann-Hedenus-Grundschule 1.4 km
School: Hermann-Hedenus-Schule 1.5 km
Railway station: Erlangen Paul-Gossen-Straße 1.5 km
Doctor or clinic: Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr. med. Jürgen Neumaier & Dr. med. Birgit Lang 500 m
A&E: Universitätsklinikum Erlangen 2.9 km
Supermarket: Lidl 400 m
Supermarket: E-Center 420 m

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