Women living in Karlsruhe consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4 out of 5.
Women living in Karlsruhe consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 1.6 out of 5.
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.
Based on 20 experiences
Safety rating: | 4/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.4/5 | Moderate |
Safety using public transport: | 4/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.6/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.7/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1/5 | Not at all worried |
relatively safe, given its not that small of a city. Lots of students and young people, quite clean. there sure are a few sketchy areas, as are in any other city, so I would not feel comfortable going there at night, but throughout the day it’s fine.
Posted: May 13, 2025Elisa
I used to live there for 8 months and it was okay. Like everywhere, sometimes people are high or helpless and the city don't seem to care about it. In specially in the south part of the city, this is the part where i feel less confortable. I'm white, queer looking woman. I don't recall being harassed. But i must say, i'm not a nightlife person so i can't tell about the streets in nightlife hot spots, but never heard anything
Posted: May 2, 2025Mika
As a queer person, I've never experienced any assault, harassment or unsafe behavior in Karlsruhe. Not in public transportation or at night. All in all I'd say it's pretty safe. There are a few spots you should avoid at night tho, for example Oberreut or Werderplatz but the Train Central Station is very well lit and safe.
Posted: April 25, 2025Pretty save to be honest. I am living here since a child! Its good to live with kids, we have a lot of safety checks and police cars driving around. Theres many ppl here from all different ages- which makes me feel much more save!
Posted: April 10, 2025Karlsruhe is overall a very calm and safe city. Avoiding the south-west side area and what's closer to the main train station. People are overall very respectful and no big incidents to report from my side.
Posted: April 6, 2025I perceive Karlsruhe as a very safe city, especially when you are taking the bike everywhere like the locals do. There are a few playes that might seem a little, little bit sketchy (Europaplatz, Werderplatz), but the rest of the town neber gave me weird feelings regarding my safety.
Posted: April 2, 2025