1Leipzig
Leipzig, 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: 21,335 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 | 25 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| PKS cases: attempts are included. | |||
| Sexual offences | |||
| Rape and sexual assault, especially serious cases | 94 | 15.4 | 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 | 1,804 | 294.8 | 185.2 |
| Common assault | 3,693 | 603.6 | 516.1 |
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery, including robbery of drivers | 534 | 87.3 | 47.9 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft, all kinds | 27,891 | 4,558.5 | 2,155.7 |
| Drugs | |||
| Drug offences | 1,663 | 271.8 | 192.2 |
| Damage and public order | |||
| Criminal damage | 7,806 | 1,275.8 | 649.7 |
Source: Bundeskriminalamt (PKS), updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 25 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 94 |
| Violence | 5,497 |
| Robbery | 534 |
| Theft and burglary | 27,891 |
| Drugs | 1,663 |
| Damage and public order | 7,806 |
Living
10/10 Living 10 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.
Raw score 10.0 out of 10, before ranking.
- Schools: 10/10
- Transport: 10/10
- Health: 10/10
- Supermarkets: 10/10
Nearest places
- School: Freie Grundschule Clara Schumann 170 m
- School: Musik- und Kunstschule Clara Schumann 180 m
- School: Musikalisch-Sportliches Gymnasium Rahn 200 m
- School: Rahn Education - Freie Oberschule Leipzig 230 m
- School: Gutenbergschule 390 m
- Bus stop: Gerichtsweg 180 m
- Bus stop: Gerichtsweg 280 m
- Bus stop: Gerichtsweg 340 m
- Railway station: Leipzig Hauptbahnhof 1.0 km
- Tram or metro stop: Gerichtsweg 200 m
- Doctor or clinic: Lanuwa Aesthetik Klinik 140 m
- A&E: Universitätsklinikum Leipzig 1.2 km
- Supermarket: Netto Marken-Discount 40 m
- Supermarket: Konsum Leipzig 110 m
Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.
Neighbourhoods in Leipzig
- Althen-Kleinpösna 10/10
- Altlindenau 3/10
- Anger-Crottendorf 6/10
- Baalsdorf 10/10
- Böhlitz-Ehrenberg 9/10
- Burghausen-Rückmarsdorf 8/10
- Connewitz 6/10
- Dölitz-Dösen 5/10
- Engelsdorf 9/10
- Eutritzsch 6/10
- Gohlis-Mitte 10/10
- Gohlis-Nord 8/10
- Gohlis-Süd 6/10
- Großzschocher 4/10
- Grünau-Mitte 1/10
- Grünau-Nord 3/10
- Grünau-Ost 3/10
- Grünau-Siedlung 8/10
- Hartmannsdorf-Knautnaundorf 7/10
- Heiterblick 7/10
- Holzhausen 10/10
- Kleinzschocher 6/10
- Knautkleeberg-Knauthain 10/10
- Lausen-Grünau 6/10
- Leutzsch 5/10
- Liebertwolkwitz 10/10
- Lindenau 3/10
- Lindenthal 9/10
- Lößnig 7/10
- Lützschena-Stahmeln 7/10
- Marienbrunn 10/10
- Meusdorf 7/10
- Miltitz 8/10
- Mockau-Nord 5/10
- Mockau-Süd 6/10
- Möckern 5/10
- Mölkau 9/10
- Neulindenau 3/10
- Neustadt-Neuschönefeld 1/10
- Paunsdorf 1/10
- Plagwitz 4/10
- Plaußig-Portitz 8/10
- Probstheida 4/10
- Reudnitz-Thonberg 4/10
- Schleußig 9/10
- Schönau 2/10
- Schönefeld-Abtnaundorf 2/10
- Schönefeld-Ost 2/10
- Seehausen 1/10
- Sellerhausen-Stünz 4/10
- Stötteritz 9/10
- Südvorstadt 8/10
- Thekla 5/10
- Volkmarsdorf 1/10
- Wahren 5/10
- Wiederitzsch 7/10
- Zentrum
- Zentrum-Nord 2/10
- Zentrum-Nordwest 4/10
- Zentrum-Ost 1/10
- Zentrum-Süd 3/10
- Zentrum-Südost 2/10
- Zentrum-West 2/10
Other places nearby
- Nordsachsen 5/10
- Leipzig (Landkreis) 6/10
- Mittelsachsen 8/10
- Zwickau 4/10
- Chemnitz 2/10
- Meißen 7/10
- Erzgebirgskreis 9/10
- Dresden 2/10
