City Travel Stats

Dresden

Germany · Europe

86Safety indexLower concern
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
51.05°, 13.74°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Dresden scores 86 out of 100 in our index, safer than about 57% of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is very low at 0.18 per 100,000, measured at the city level, though it carries a definition mismatch against how other cities count. Recorded robbery is 74 per 100,000, and since police data captures only reported incidents, the real figure is somewhat higher. The governments we track disagree on framing. The US and Canada both set Germany at their second level, increased caution, while the UK and Australia hold it at their lowest. In a national survey, 72.1% of residents said they feel safe walking alone after dark, a country-wide result rather than one for Dresden.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime0
Robbery & theft13
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)
0.18/100k
PKS records "Mord, Totschlag und Tötung auf Verlangen" as CASES including attempts (Versuche are 55–94 % of recorded cases). To compare with UNODC ICCS 0101 completed intentional homicide, project-atlas subtracted attempts and scaled the recorded-crime rate (HZ) by the completed share. Headline = completed homicides per 100,000.

Primary source: Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS), Grundtabelle Fälle/Häufigkeitszahl, Städte

Where this sits on the scaleLow
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 98% of tracked cities
0.18/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
74/100k
Police-recorded robbery (PKS erfasste Fälle) undercounts true incidence — a share of robberies go unreported. Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.

Primary source: Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS), Grundtabelle Fälle/Häufigkeitszahl, Städte

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 48% of tracked cities
74/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

Global Affairs Canada
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Germany travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Germany 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
National survey
72.1%feel safe
72.1% of people surveyed · Germany · 2020
Survey figure is for Germany (country), wider than Dresden itself.

Primary source: UN SDG 16.1.4 — feel safe walking alone at night (UNODC)

Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area
National survey
10.7%report a problem
10.7% of people surveyed · Germany · 2023
Survey figure is for Germany (country), wider than Dresden 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 — Germany travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories
2 of 3 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 2 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

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