Aachen scores 78 out of 100 (high safety) on World Safety Map, ranked 2092 of 6168 cities worldwide. The score combines the homicide rate, nearby conflict deaths, income equality and human development from published data (UNODC, UCDP, World Bank, UNDP).

Is Aachen safe?

Germany · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04

77.5High · rank 2092 / 6,168
safer than 66% of ranked cities

Aachen is a city in Germany, home to about 244k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,092 of 6,168, with a safety score of 77.5 out of 100 - comfortably in the safer part of the ranking.

US 2/4 Exercise increased caution

Emergency Ambulance 112 · Fire 112 · Police 110

No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Germany are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.

How safe is Aachen really?

No published homicide figure exists for Aachen itself, so the national rate stands in: Germany recorded 0.9 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Germany's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.7) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.

Aachen also carries some conflict exposure: UCDP recorded 3 deaths from organized violence within 100 km across 1 events in 2022-2024 - a factor crime statistics alone would miss.

What the travel advisories say

The US State Department currently rates Germany at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2025-05-12). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Germany without any avoid-travel warning in force. Both advisories are country-level: no official source publishes verified neighborhood-level crime guidance for individual cities, which is why this page reports named areas only where an official source names them.

What to watch out for in Germany

Terrorism in Germany · Protecting yourself and your belongings · Counterfeit currency · Personal ID · Illegal drugs · Hiking · Winter sports · Road travel · Low emission zones

Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Germany — country-level, not specific to Aachen. Read what each one says →

The numbers

Homicide rate: 0.9 /100knational rate, 2024
Conflict deaths: 3within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
Income inequality: Gini 33.7country, 2022
Human development: HDI 0.959country, 2023
Income: $78,140/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
Population: 244kurban centre · 3,341/km²

Country context for travelers

Road deaths: 3.8 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
Political stability: 68/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
Rule of law: 85/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
Corruption perceptions: 77/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
Natural-hazard risk: 2.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Women, Peace & Security: 0.87Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
Air quality: 8.8 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
Safely managed drinking water: 100%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
Healthcare capacity: 4.5 doctors /1k7.6 hospital beds per 1,000

Natural hazards in Germany

Flood: 7.8/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Earthquake: 3.7/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Drought: 1.3/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier

Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Germany as a whole, not Aachen specifically.

Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Germany (as of 2025).

All country-level figures shared by every city in Germany; none of them affect the safety score.

How the score works

Low homicide40%73

Peace25%85

Equality25%70

Development10%96

One fixed, calibrated mix for every city: 40% homicide · 25% peace · 25% equality · 10% HDI. Homicide and conflict deaths are measured outcomes; income inequality carries the structural share because it predicts real city violence far better than national income (which is shown above but scored at zero). Each factor maps to 0-100 against fixed anchors, missing data drops out and is never estimated, and cities with data behind less than half the weighting get “no data” instead of a score. For Aachen that gives 77.5/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →

Aachen compared with Cologne

The nearest ranked city of comparable size. Green favours Aachen, red favours Cologne.
Measure	Aachen	Cologne	Difference
Safety score	77.5	77.5	±0.0
Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate	0.9 /100k	0.9 /100k	±0.0 /100k
Conflict deaths within 100 km	3	3	±0

Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Both cities are in Germany, so they share every country-level figure and only the city-level ones are listed. Full report for Cologne →

Nearby cities

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