10Forchheim
Forchheim, Germany: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 10 out of 10 Very low crime
10/10 in Germany · 10/10 in the world
Compared with 400 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).
Weighted crime: 5,910 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 | 6 | 5.2 | 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 | 97 | 83.5 | 185.2 |
| Common assault | 341 | 293.5 | 516.1 |
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery, including robbery of drivers | 13 | 11.2 | 47.9 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft, all kinds | 752 | 647.2 | 2,155.7 |
| Drugs | |||
| Drug offences | 101 | 86.9 | 192.2 |
| Damage and public order | |||
| Criminal damage | 457 | 393.3 | 649.7 |
Source: Bundeskriminalamt (PKS), updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 1 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 6 |
| Violence | 438 |
| Robbery | 13 |
| Theft and burglary | 752 |
| Drugs | 101 |
| Damage and public order | 457 |
Living
8/10 Living 8 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 7.8 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 6/10
- Health: 7/10
- Supermarkets: 7/10
Nearest places
- School: Volksschule Kirchehrenbach 250 m
- Railway station: Kirchehrenbach 560 m
- Doctor or clinic: Dr. med. Ingo Kehrt und Dr. med. Kattrin Pazurek 970 m
- A&E: Universitätsklinikum Erlangen 17.2 km
- Supermarket: Norma 1.7 km
- Supermarket: Edeka Schliermann 2.1 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Erlangen 6/10
- Bamberg (Landkreis) 10/10
- Erlangen-Höchstadt 10/10
- Bamberg 3/10
- Fürth 6/10
- Nürnberger Land 10/10
- Bayreuth (Landkreis) 10/10
- Nürnberg 2/10
