Offenbach is the safest city in Hesse
10.07.2025 – According to the 2024 police crime statistics, Offenbach am Main is the safest major city in Hesse. There are only three cities in Germany with a lower crime rate.
With 6,046 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, the statistics show a 17.82% decrease in crime in Offenbach compared to 2023. This continues a long-term trend: in 2001, 12,539 crimes were recorded. Since then, with the exception of a few years, the incidence of crime has continued to fall.
Head of Public Order Paul-Gerhard Weiß emphasizes: "Of course there is a difference between perceived safety and the actual, objective situation. Even if some people may not feel safe, especially in the evening and at night, the facts speak for themselves: Offenbach is a safe place to live. The fact that we are the fourth safest city in Germany is undoubtedly also thanks to the special security architecture in Offenbach, which we as a city have developed together with the South-East Hesse Police Headquarters. The joint prevention work of the state and city police and the close networking and cooperation are particularly noteworthy."
With 4,602 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, Erlangen is the safest city in Germany, followed by Fürth, Bergisch Gladbach and Offenbach am Main. The top ten also includes Reutlingen, Munich, Hanau, Potsdam, Salzgitter and Moers. The ten most unsafe of the 84 major German cities and state capitals include Bremen in last place (15,424 crimes) and Frankfurt am Main in penultimate place (14,600 crimes). Berlin, Bremerhaven, Hanover, Göttingen, Erfurt, Cologne, Schwerin and Dortmund also have comparatively high crime rates.
The police crime statistics include all cities with a population of 100,000 or more as well as state capitals.
Further information on Offenbach:
While "crimes against life" only account for a small proportion of general crime overall (11 cases in 2024, six of which were completed), street crime and theft in particular have fallen compared to the previous year (2023). Street crime fell by 20.3% (1,444 cases in total, 2001: 3,753 cases). Thefts amounted to 2,463 cases (down 21.8 percent; 2001: 7,400 cases). The number of cases of robbery and extortion (80 in total) also fell by 23.8 percent - in 2001 there were still 233 cases. Drug-related crime also fell significantly by 36.8% (594 cases; peak in 2019: 1,614 cases). Juvenile crime also fell from 1,096 cases (2023) to 960 cases (2024). In 2001, there were still 1,946 cases.
In contrast, there was a year-on-year increase in assault offenses (862 cases, up 12.7 percent; 2001: 865 cases), crimes against sexual self-determination (236 cases compared to 232 cases in 2023) and domestic violence (302 cases compared to 251 cases in 2023). Cybercrime is also on the rise: 808 crimes related to Offenbach took place in 2024 (2023: 649 cases; 2001: 528 cases).