Hamburg

Germany · Europe

81Safety 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

53.55°, 9.99°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Hamburg scores 81 out of 100 in our index, placing it a little below the midpoint of the cities we score, safer than about 48% of them.

The homicide rate is 0.68 per 100,000, well under the median for tracked cities, and it is reported for the city itself. Recorded robbery is 123.13 per 100,000, also a city figure, and since police data counts only reported incidents the actual level is somewhat higher. The US and Canada set Germany at their second advisory level, increased caution, while the UK and Australia hold it at their lowest, a small split over framing. Advisories for the country flag pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a city-level survey, 73.5% of residents said they feel safe walking alone at night, which sits reasonably with the recorded figures.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime1

Robbery & theft22

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)

0.68/100k

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 81% of tracked cities

0.68/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

123.13/100k

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 scaleElevated

040·120·250·400·600 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 34% of tracked cities

123.13/100k

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 — Germany Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Germany travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (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

City survey

73.5%feel safe

Germany average · 68%

73.5% of people surveyed · Hamburg · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (24.3%) + "somewhat agree" (49.2%); 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

10.7%report a problem

10.7% of people surveyed · Germany · 2023

Survey figure is for Germany (country), wider than Hamburg 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)