Is Germany Safe for Women?
Safety rating
Women living in Germany consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.2 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Germany consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2.1 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 2.5% percentage of women in Germany have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
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Crime & Safety Statistics
Based on 2133 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.2/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.7/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.3/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2.1/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 2.2/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.5/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Germany?
Germany
It's super safe. In very touristic places there may be pickpocketing and don't go outside the big train stations at night. Everything else you can do without worries. People normally are very friendly and will help you if you need something, also when they don't look like it, haha.
Posted: October 5, 2025Kaiserslautern
This is mostly concerning the city center, can't really say anything about other parts of the town: Overall very safe, though there are some sketchy places in the city center where I prefer to not go alone after dark. Avoid the area around the mall at night as well as Stiftsplatz if there are no events happening. Any public gatherings with crowds are generally safe.
Posted: October 5, 2025
Jace
Düsseldorf
Depends on where you are it’s rather safe. Maybe take care of your belongings in public places and don’t hang out at the central station at night. Overall I did not have any bad experiences yet besides the (unfortunately) normal amount of catcalling at clubs/bars etc.
Posted: October 5, 2025
Anika
Berlin
Berlin in my point of view is quite a safe place to be and live as a women. Of course i avoid certain things like walking during the night alone through a dark park, but that's probably the only thing. So other than that it's quite safe. I've been living here for 13years now and know Berlin since i was a child because i was born not far from here and in my point of view the city got even safer in comparison to the past.
Posted: October 4, 2025
Lucia
Frankfurt
It is quite safe if you are not walking around in the wrong places. Ouside the main train station is not a nice place to be during the day and I would definetly not recommend it during the night. But in general Frankfurt is a nice place to visit if you like skyscrapers.
Posted: October 3, 2025Is Germany worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 269 experiences from female travelers
Jamila
Germany
Schwerin, Solo travel
So beautiful City. Nice people. I didn’t saw that much but the nature and some buildings were so pretty. I was here for a concert and it was fantastic. It’s not that big but very charming. Hope to be here again soon.
Posted: October 2, 2025Safety in Germany
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