As of: February 12, 2024, 7:15 p.m
By: Nadja Pohr
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Security is an important aspect for citizens in major German cities.
According to a ranking, a metropolis in Baden-Württemberg is one of the safest cities in the country.
Stuttgart - Riots, attacks and fights in this country repeatedly raise the question: How safe are Germany's cities?
In Baden-Württemberg, the “Night of Riots” in the state capital Stuttgart in June 2020 sparked a major debate about security.
From the point of view of many citizens, the Swabian metropolis suffered considerable damage to its image and the discussions keep coming up.
A list by
Allianz Direct Insurance
of the most dangerous and safest cities in the Federal Republic could now surprise some Swabians.
Stuttgart is one of the safest cities in Germany
In May 2023, the Federal Criminal Police Office will publish the police crime statistics (PKS), which will provide a detailed overview of all crimes that were reported to the police in the previous year.
This includes theft, fraud, damage to property, bodily harm, drug offenses and other crimes (e.g. murder, rape, illegal possession of weapons).
Allianz
Direct Insurance
compared the PKS of cities with 200,000 or more inhabitants.
The Baden-Württemberg state capital Stuttgart is one of the safest cities in Germany.
The Baden-Württemberg state capital Stuttgart is one of the safest cities in Germany.
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The Swabian metropolis secured ninth place in the ranking.
The Federal Criminal Police Office recorded exactly 8,259 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2022.
This corresponds to a total of 51,722 cases, explains Allianz Direct Insurance.
Although a weapons ban zone was even introduced in some areas of Stuttgart city center at the beginning of 2022, the state capital fell two places down in the ranking.
Last year (2021), Stuttgart was ranked seventh among the ten safest cities in Germany.
According to the evaluation, this is the most dangerous and safest city in the country
The safest city in the Federal Republic is the Bavarian capital Munich - the metropolis has taken first place for the fifth time in a row.
Munich only records 5,824 criminal offenses per 100,000 inhabitants (a total of 86,649).
The Hessian city of Frankfurt am Main, on the other hand, receives the inglorious title of the most dangerous city in the country.
Here the police counted 109,047 crimes, which is 14,363 per 100,000 inhabitants.
A significant increase of almost 14 percent compared to the previous year 2021.
Although there is no risky city in Baden-Württemberg, there is a street that, according to an evaluation, is one of the most dangerous in Germany.