Ranking of Most Dangerous Train Stations in Germany: Violent Crimes, Sexual Offenses, and More

The federal police have evaluated which train stations perform particularly poorly in terms of violent crimes, sexual assaults and much more.

Cologne – Train stations are not always necessarily places where people particularly enjoy spending time – but how dangerous are German train stations really? The federal police have now carried out an evaluation of various crimes such as violent crimes, property crimes, sexual offenses and much more – and it shows that some NRW train stations are also represented in this inglorious ranking. The statistics refer to the first half of 2023.

Violent crimes

► Platz 1: Hamburg Hbf, 360

► Platz 2: Nürnberg Hbf, 337

► Platz 3: Cologne main station, 312

► Platz 4: Dortmund main station, 310

► Platz 5: Hannover Hbf, 305

sex offenses

► Platz 1: Nürnberg Hbf, 20

► Platz 2: Cologne main station, 17

► Platz 3: Frankfurt (Main) Hbf, München Hbf, th 16

► Platz 4: Dortmund main station, Essen main station, 14 each

► Platz 5: Berlin South Cross, 13

BTM-Delikte

► Platz 1: Dortmund main station, 407

► Platz 2: Düsseldorf Hbf, 297

► Platz 3: Essen main station, 244

► Platz 4: Cologne main station, 238

► Platz 5: Bad Bentheim, 229

Weapons offenses

► Platz 1: Düsseldorf Hbf, 27

► Platz 2: Hannover Hbf, 16

► Platz 3: Essen main station, 14

► Platz 4: Hamburg Hbf, 13

► Platz 5: Dortmund Hbf, Magdeburg Hbf, Kiel Hbf, 12 each

Property crimes

► Platz 1: Hamburg Hbf, 1430

► Platz 2: Cologne main station, 1151

► Platz 3: Bremen Hbf, 942

► Platz 4: Leipzig main station, 831

► Platz 5: Hannover Hbf, 791

Damage to property

► Platz 1: Munich-Steinhausen Hbf, 206

► Platz 2: Bielefeld Hbf, 112

► Platz 3: Frankfurt (Main) outer station, 96

► Platz 4: Nürnberg Hbf, 93

► Platz 5: Leipzig main station, 89

“Overall, it can be stated that after the majority of the pandemic-related requirements have expired, an increasing number of crimes have been recorded in almost all areas of crime,” says the Federal Police regarding the statistics. Cologne Central Station is represented three times; for violent crimes, sexual offenses and BTM offenses. With Düsseldorf main station, the frontrunner in the weapons offenses category is also in North Rhine-Westphalia, and Essen main station and Dortmund main station are also represented in this list. The NRW Interior Ministry also recently published crime statistics on police operations at NRW train stations. (mo) Fair and independent information about what is happening in Cologne, Düsseldorf and North Rhine-Westphalia – subscribe to our free 24RHEIN newsletter here.

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