Is Hagen safe?
Germany · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04
Hagen is a city in Germany, home to about 157k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 2,095 of 6,168, with a safety score of 77.5 out of 100, placing it clearly above the global midpoint.
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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 Hagen really?
No published homicide figure exists for Hagen 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.
Hagen 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
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Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Germany — country-level, not specific to Hagen. 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
- 157kurban centre · 3,133/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 Hagen 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
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 Hagen that gives 77.5/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Hagen compared with Dortmund
| Measure | Hagen | Dortmund | 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 Dortmund →
Nearby cities
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