8Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 8 out of 10 Low crime
8/10 in Germany · 8/10 in the world
Compared with 400 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).
Weighted crime: 7,984 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 | 2 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| PKS cases: attempts are included. | |||
| Sexual offences | |||
| Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases | 18 | 13.6 | 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 | 115 | 87.1 | 185.2 |
| Common assault | 467 | 353.8 | 516.1 |
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery, including robbery of drivers | 26 | 19.7 | 47.9 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft, all kinds | 1,625 | 1,231 | 2,155.7 |
| Drugs | |||
| Drug offences | 85 | 64.4 | 192.2 |
| Damage and public order | |||
| Criminal damage | 531 | 402.2 | 649.7 |
Source: Bundeskriminalamt (PKS), updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 2 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 18 |
| Violence | 582 |
| Robbery | 26 |
| Theft and burglary | 1,625 |
| Drugs | 85 |
| Damage and public order | 531 |
Living
6/10 Living 6 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 6.5 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 8/10
- Transport: 2/10
- Health: 8/10
- Supermarkets: 8/10
Nearest places
- School 1.5 km
- Railway station: Brettorf 4.5 km
- Doctor or clinic: Landarztpraxis Dötlingen 1.1 km
- A&E: Johanneum 10.0 km
- Supermarket: Edeka 1.0 km
- Supermarket: ALDI Nord 5.6 km
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Other places nearby
- Delmenhorst 4/10
- Oldenburg (Oldenburg) 3/10
- Cloppenburg 8/10
- Ammerland 9/10
- Diepholz 6/10
- Vechta 7/10
- Osterholz 8/10
- Wesermarsch 5/10
