Vehicle Theft EU

Germany — Kreise by Theft Rate

Ranked by official recorded Motorcycle & moped theft (combined) per 1,000 residents. Source: BKA PKS 2024. Recorded crime; likely underreported. Rank within Germany only; not comparable across countries.

Note: BKA data is single-year (2024 only). The 2024 per-100k figures use Zensus 2022 denominators, which differ ~4% from the Zensus 2011 baseline used in prior years.
Motorbike data: Germany publishes motorcycle & moped theft separately — this ranking uses the Motorcycle & moped theft (combined) metric. Area pages show all available metrics (including car theft for context).

Top 300 of 400 Kreise ranked

Worst first (highest theft rate per 1,000 residents).

#KreisRate / 1,000Flag
1Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz2.27Single year
2Freiburg im BreisgauBaden-Württemberg1.66Single year
3KölnNordrhein-Westfalen1.15Single year
4LüneburgNiedersachsen1.00Single year
5Rhein-Erft-KreisNordrhein-Westfalen0.96Single year
6Frankenthal (Pfalz)Rheinland-Pfalz0.91Single year
7DuisburgNordrhein-Westfalen0.90Single year
8KrefeldNordrhein-Westfalen0.88Single year
9BremerhavenBremen0.88Single year
10Städteregion AachenNordrhein-Westfalen0.87Single year
11CelleNiedersachsen0.85Single year
12BremenBremen0.83Single year
13RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.83Single year
14WiesbadenHessen0.77Single year
15Baden-BadenBaden-Württemberg0.74Single year
16BerlinBerlin0.73Single year
17MönchengladbachNordrhein-Westfalen0.73Single year
18BonnNordrhein-Westfalen0.71Single year
19AugsburgBayern0.70Single year
20HavellandBrandenburg0.70Single year
21Halle (Saale)Sachsen-Anhalt0.70Single year
22Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg0.70Single year
23DüsseldorfNordrhein-Westfalen0.70Single year
24Landau in der PfalzRheinland-Pfalz0.68Single year
25HeinsbergNordrhein-Westfalen0.68Single year
26WilhelmshavenNiedersachsen0.65Single year
27DarmstadtHessen0.65Single year
28OberhausenNordrhein-Westfalen0.62Single year
29Regionalverband SaarbrückenSaarland0.62Single year
30KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz0.62Single year
31LeipzigSachsen0.61Single year
32CottbusBrandenburg0.61Single year
33GelsenkirchenNordrhein-Westfalen0.60Single year
34EssenNordrhein-Westfalen0.60Single year
35Teltow-FlämingBrandenburg0.58Single year
36MannheimBaden-Württemberg0.57Single year
37WeselNordrhein-Westfalen0.57Single year
38OlpeNordrhein-Westfalen0.56Single year
39Frankfurt am MainHessen0.56Single year
40BarnimBrandenburg0.54Single year
41WuppertalNordrhein-Westfalen0.54Single year
42KielSchleswig-Holstein0.53Single year
43TrierRheinland-Pfalz0.52Single year
44WeimarThüringen0.52Single year
45RecklinghausenNordrhein-Westfalen0.51Single year
46KarlsruheBaden-Württemberg0.51Single year
47HamburgHamburg0.51Single year
48ErfurtThüringen0.51Single year
49HerneNordrhein-Westfalen0.51Single year
50OberhavelBrandenburg0.50Single year
51LeverkusenNordrhein-Westfalen0.50Single year
52IngolstadtBayern0.50Single year
53BochumNordrhein-Westfalen0.49Single year
54DürenNordrhein-Westfalen0.49Single year
55Rhein-Kreis NeussNordrhein-Westfalen0.48Single year
56HeilbronnBaden-Württemberg0.47Single year
57SaarlouisSaarland0.47Single year
58EsslingenBaden-Württemberg0.45Single year
59Region HannoverNiedersachsen0.45Single year
60SaalekreisSachsen-Anhalt0.45Single year
61KuselRheinland-Pfalz0.45Single year
62MettmannNordrhein-Westfalen0.45Single year
63PotsdamBrandenburg0.44Single year
64GörlitzSachsen0.44Single year
65HagenNordrhein-Westfalen0.44Single year
66NeumünsterSchleswig-Holstein0.44Single year
67WormsRheinland-Pfalz0.44Single year
68OrtenaukreisBaden-Württemberg0.43Single year
69ViersenNordrhein-Westfalen0.43Single year
70WolfsburgNiedersachsen0.43Single year
71MünsterNordrhein-Westfalen0.43Single year
72Rhein-Sieg-KreisNordrhein-Westfalen0.43Single year
73UckermarkBrandenburg0.43Single year
74HochtaunuskreisHessen0.42Single year
75Limburg-WeilburgHessen0.42Single year
76Dahme-SpreewaldBrandenburg0.42Single year
77MainzRheinland-Pfalz0.42Single year
78SolingenNordrhein-Westfalen0.42Single year
79KonstanzBaden-Württemberg0.41Single year
80Oder-SpreeBrandenburg0.41Single year
81HammNordrhein-Westfalen0.41Single year
82MagdeburgSachsen-Anhalt0.41Single year
83SchweinfurtBayern0.40Single year
84ReutlingenBaden-Württemberg0.40Single year
85Märkisch-OderlandBrandenburg0.40Single year
86LörrachBaden-Württemberg0.39Single year
87Breisgau-HochschwarzwaldBaden-Württemberg0.39Single year
88Mayen-KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz0.39Single year
89Dessau-RoßlauSachsen-Anhalt0.38Single year
90Spree-NeißeBrandenburg0.38Single year
91DresdenSachsen0.37Single year
92Märkischer KreisNordrhein-Westfalen0.37Single year
93Ennepe-Ruhr-KreisNordrhein-Westfalen0.37Single year
94Groß-GerauHessen0.37Single year
95RastattBaden-Württemberg0.36Single year
96SteinfurtNordrhein-Westfalen0.36Single year
97EmmendingenBaden-Württemberg0.34Single year
98Jerichower LandSachsen-Anhalt0.34Single year
99Main-Taunus-KreisHessen0.34Single year
100Mansfeld-SüdharzSachsen-Anhalt0.33Single year
101WarendorfNordrhein-Westfalen0.33Single year
102BielefeldNordrhein-Westfalen0.33Single year
103HildesheimNiedersachsen0.33Single year
104HeidelbergBaden-Württemberg0.32Single year
105Rhein-Pfalz-KreisRheinland-Pfalz0.32Single year
106BottropNordrhein-Westfalen0.32Single year
107KleveNordrhein-Westfalen0.32Single year
108DortmundNordrhein-Westfalen0.32Single year
109Mülheim an der RuhrNordrhein-Westfalen0.32Single year
110NordsachsenSachsen0.32Single year
111SalzlandkreisSachsen-Anhalt0.32Single year
112CoesfeldNordrhein-Westfalen0.31Single year
113Altenkirchen (Westerwald)Rheinland-Pfalz0.31Single year
114RemscheidNordrhein-Westfalen0.31Single year
115Rheingau-Taunus-KreisHessen0.31Single year
116BördeSachsen-Anhalt0.30Single year
117Offenbach am MainHessen0.30Single year
118FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein0.30Single year
119Altmarkkreis SalzwedelSachsen-Anhalt0.30Single year
120OdenwaldkreisHessen0.30Single year
121Bad DürkheimRheinland-Pfalz0.30Single year
122Oberspreewald-LausitzBrandenburg0.30Single year
123LudwigsburgBaden-Württemberg0.29Single year
124UlmBaden-Württemberg0.29Single year
125UnnaNordrhein-Westfalen0.29Single year
126SoestNordrhein-Westfalen0.28Single year
127HerfordNordrhein-Westfalen0.28Single year
128KaufbeurenBayern0.28Single year
129Potsdam-MittelmarkBrandenburg0.28Single year
130PrignitzBrandenburg0.28Single year
131ZwickauSachsen0.28Single year
132PirmasensRheinland-Pfalz0.28Single year
133BorkenNordrhein-Westfalen0.28Single year
134StuttgartBaden-Württemberg0.27Single year
135RegensburgBayern0.27Single year
136WaldshutBaden-Württemberg0.27Single year
137CoburgBayern0.27Single year
138BurgenlandkreisSachsen-Anhalt0.26Single year
139ChemnitzSachsen0.26Single year
140UelzenNiedersachsen0.26Single year
141AhrweilerRheinland-Pfalz0.26Single year
142StendalSachsen-Anhalt0.25Single year
143Darmstadt-DieburgHessen0.25Single year
144DelmenhorstNiedersachsen0.25Single year
145EmdenNiedersachsen0.24Single year
146OffenbachHessen0.24Single year
147Vorpommern-GreifswaldMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.24Single year
148DithmarschenSchleswig-Holstein0.24Single year
149GöppingenBaden-Württemberg0.24Single year
150LeipzigSachsen0.24Single year
151WittenbergSachsen-Anhalt0.24Single year
152Elbe-ElsterBrandenburg0.23Single year
153Merzig-WadernSaarland0.23Single year
154HarzSachsen-Anhalt0.23Single year
155KasselHessen0.23Single year
156SteinburgSchleswig-Holstein0.23Single year
157Rhein-Neckar-KreisBaden-Württemberg0.23Single year
158VogtlandkreisSachsen0.22Single year
159HöxterNordrhein-Westfalen0.22Single year
160Rems-Murr-KreisBaden-Württemberg0.22Single year
161Nienburg (Weser)Niedersachsen0.22Single year
162EuskirchenNordrhein-Westfalen0.22Single year
163NürnbergBayern0.22Single year
164GießenHessen0.22Single year
165GermersheimRheinland-Pfalz0.21Single year
166LübeckSchleswig-Holstein0.21Single year
167MünchenBayern0.21Single year
168Marburg-BiedenkopfHessen0.21Single year
169KyffhäuserkreisThüringen0.21Single year
170LippeNordrhein-Westfalen0.21Single year
171WartburgkreisThüringen0.21Single year
172NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz0.21Single year
173Waldeck-FrankenbergHessen0.21Single year
174Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg0.20Single year
175PforzheimBaden-Württemberg0.20Single year
176Vorpommern-RügenMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.20Single year
177Minden-LübbeckeNordrhein-Westfalen0.20Single year
178Main-Kinzig-KreisHessen0.20Single year
179KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz0.20Single year
180OsnabrückNiedersachsen0.20Single year
181FuldaHessen0.20Single year
182BraunschweigNiedersachsen0.20Single year
183Siegen-WittgensteinNordrhein-Westfalen0.20Single year
184RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.20Single year
185AnsbachBayern0.20Single year
186MittelsachsenSachsen0.20Single year
187BautzenSachsen0.19Single year
188Saarpfalz-KreisSaarland0.19Single year
189TübingenBaden-Württemberg0.19Single year
190Kempten (Allgäu)Bayern0.19Single year
191HarburgNiedersachsen0.19Single year
192Ostprignitz-RuppinBrandenburg0.19Single year
193Unstrut-Hainich-KreisThüringen0.19Single year
194Rheinisch-Bergischer KreisNordrhein-Westfalen0.19Single year
195Schwarzwald-Baar-KreisBaden-Württemberg0.19Single year
196CloppenburgNiedersachsen0.19Single year
197Mainz-BingenRheinland-Pfalz0.18Single year
198AugsburgBayern0.18Single year
199SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz0.18Single year
200Saale-Orla-KreisThüringen0.18Single year
201FürstenfeldbruckBayern0.18Single year
202MünchenBayern0.18Single year
203Südliche WeinstraßeRheinland-Pfalz0.18Single year
204OsterholzNiedersachsen0.18Single year
205BodenseekreisBaden-Württemberg0.17Single year
206Mühldorf a.InnBayern0.17Single year
207RavensburgBaden-Württemberg0.17Single year
208GreizThüringen0.17Single year
209HeilbronnBaden-Württemberg0.17Single year
210Ilm-KreisThüringen0.17Single year
211Rotenburg (Wümme)Niedersachsen0.17Single year
212MeißenSachsen0.17Single year
213TirschenreuthBayern0.17Single year
214Grafschaft BentheimNiedersachsen0.17Single year
215Neu-UlmBayern0.16Single year
216Alb-Donau-KreisBaden-Württemberg0.16Single year
217StadeNiedersachsen0.16Single year
218VerdenNiedersachsen0.16Single year
219VogelsbergkreisHessen0.16Single year
220PinnebergSchleswig-Holstein0.16Single year
221GüterslohNordrhein-Westfalen0.16Single year
222PaderbornNordrhein-Westfalen0.16Single year
223Oberbergischer KreisNordrhein-Westfalen0.15Single year
224NordwestmecklenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.15Single year
225SalzgitterNiedersachsen0.15Single year
226ZweibrückenRheinland-Pfalz0.15Single year
227BergstraßeHessen0.15Single year
228Altenburger LandThüringen0.15Single year
229NordhausenThüringen0.15Single year
230SömmerdaThüringen0.15Single year
231SchwabachBayern0.15Single year
232GeraThüringen0.15Single year
233HochsauerlandkreisNordrhein-Westfalen0.15Single year
234Herzogtum LauenburgSchleswig-Holstein0.15Single year
235SegebergSchleswig-Holstein0.14Single year
236SuhlThüringen0.14Single year
237Anhalt-BitterfeldSachsen-Anhalt0.14Single year
238StarnbergBayern0.14Single year
239Rhein-Lahn-KreisRheinland-Pfalz0.14Single year
240SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.14Single year
241Bernkastel-WittlichRheinland-Pfalz0.14Single year
242WetteraukreisHessen0.14Single year
243CuxhavenNiedersachsen0.14Single year
244ErlangenBayern0.14Single year
245BayreuthBayern0.14Single year
246St. WendelSaarland0.14Single year
247Schleswig-FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein0.14Single year
248NeunkirchenSaarland0.14Single year
249KarlsruheBaden-Württemberg0.13Single year
250Weimarer LandThüringen0.13Single year
251Alzey-WormsRheinland-Pfalz0.13Single year
252OstholsteinSchleswig-Holstein0.13Single year
253Lahn-Dill-KreisHessen0.13Single year
254AltöttingBayern0.12Single year
255RosenheimBayern0.12Single year
256Schwalm-Eder-KreisHessen0.12Single year
257DonnersbergkreisRheinland-Pfalz0.12Single year
258Main-Tauber-KreisBaden-Württemberg0.12Single year
259Oldenburg (Oldb)Niedersachsen0.12Single year
260Mecklenburgische SeenplatteMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.12Single year
261NordfrieslandSchleswig-Holstein0.12Single year
262GünzburgBayern0.12Single year
263Sächsische Schweiz-OsterzgebirgeSachsen0.11Single year
264OldenburgNiedersachsen0.11Single year
265HeidekreisNiedersachsen0.11Single year
266HohenlohekreisBaden-Württemberg0.11Single year
267KulmbachBayern0.11Single year
268AurichNiedersachsen0.11Single year
269TuttlingenBaden-Württemberg0.11Single year
270AmmerlandNiedersachsen0.11Single year
271AschaffenburgBayern0.11Single year
272JenaThüringen0.11Single year
273SonnebergThüringen0.11Single year
274Neumarkt i.d.OPf.Bayern0.11Single year
275Lüchow-DannenbergNiedersachsen0.11Single year
276PlönSchleswig-Holstein0.11Single year
277HolzmindenNiedersachsen0.11Single year
278Rendsburg-EckernfördeSchleswig-Holstein0.10Single year
279GoslarNiedersachsen0.10Single year
280SchaumburgNiedersachsen0.10Single year
281RothBayern0.10Single year
282Ludwigslust-ParchimMecklenburg-Vorpommern0.10Single year
283HildburghausenThüringen0.10Single year
284Dingolfing-LandauBayern0.10Single year
285FürthBayern0.10Single year
286ZollernalbkreisBaden-Württemberg0.10Single year
287DachauBayern0.10Single year
288Lindau (Bodensee)Bayern0.10Single year
289EnzkreisBaden-Württemberg0.10Single year
290Neustadt an der WeinstraßeRheinland-Pfalz0.09Single year
291PassauBayern0.09Single year
292Weiden i.d.OPf.Bayern0.09Single year
293KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz0.09Single year
294Neustadt a.d.WaldnaabBayern0.09Single year
295WolfenbüttelNiedersachsen0.09Single year
296BiberachBaden-Württemberg0.09Single year
297Rottal-InnBayern0.09Single year
298Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz0.09Single year
299WesermarschNiedersachsen0.09Single year
300SüdwestpfalzRheinland-Pfalz0.09Single year

Source: BKA PKS 2024, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2.0). Metric: Motorcycle & moped theft (combined) per 1,000 residents. Denominator: resident population per 1,000.Methodology