Copenhagen

Denmark · Europe

85Safety indexLower concern

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

55.68°, 12.57°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Copenhagen ranks in our safest band at 85 out of 100, safer than roughly 55% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 1.7 per 100,000, close to the median, but that figure covers the wider metro area and we calculated it from a raw count and a population, so treat it as an upper bound on the city itself. Robbery is recorded at 54.9 per 100,000, also a metro figure derived the same way, and police data understates the true level. On advisories the four governments split: the US and Canada set Denmark at increased caution, while Britain and Australia hold it at their lowest level. Advisories still note pickpocketing and scams. Resident sentiment is strong: 86.5% of people in Copenhagen said they feel safe walking alone at night.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime3

Robbery & theft10

Travel advisory33

The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)

1.7/100k

Figure is for Byen København (metro area), wider than Copenhagen itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 14 (count, 2024) ÷ 822733 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded

01·3·8·20·40 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 47% of tracked cities

1.7/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

54.9/100k

Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.

Figure is for Byen København (metro area), wider than Copenhagen itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 452 (count, 2024) ÷ 822733 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded

040·120·250·400·600 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 60% of tracked cities

54.9/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Denmark Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Denmark Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Denmark travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Denmark travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.

Feel safe walking alone at night

City survey

86.5%feel safe

Denmark average · 84.9%

86.5% of people surveyed · Copenhagen · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (46.7%) + "somewhat agree" (39.8%); both are shares of the same respondents (base includes "don't know").

Primary source: Eurostat — Quality of Life in European Cities (Flash Eurobarometer, DG REGIO)

Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area

National survey

6.3%report a problem

6.3% of people surveyed · Denmark · 2023

Survey figure is for Denmark (country), wider than Copenhagen itself.

Primary source: Eurostat — Crime, violence or vandalism in the area (EU-SILC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.

Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Denmark travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

1 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 1 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Denmark travel advice (Safety and security)