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Numbeo's Safety Index puts Berlin at 55/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Germany's national picture overall (67/100 vs 75/100).
City page · part of Germany
The one number a country page can't give you
What people who actually live in Berlin report
Numbeo aggregates thousands of resident-submitted perception surveys into a per-city Crime Index (higher = worse) and its inverse, a Safety Index — the only real city-granularity crime signal feeding this page, alongside Germany's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.
Crime Index
44.6
Safety Index
55.4
Sub-scores
Same real inputs as Germany's national page, with crime swapped for Berlin's own Numbeo number above.
Legal status (national law)
Legal in East Germany since 1968Legal in West Germany since 1969; equal age of consent since 1988 in East Germany and since 1994 in unified Germany+ UN decl. sign.
Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →Pack this, know this
The little things that trip people up
Plug & voltage
C / F · 230V
Driving side
right
Emergency
police: 110 / ambulance: 112 / fire: 112
How this compares to Germany
Numbeo's Safety Index puts Berlin at 55/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Germany's national picture overall (67/100 vs 75/100).
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