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Crime in Switzerland St. Gallen

Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2024

38.5
Crime Rate
1.6
Violent Offenses
20.8
Property Offenses
36.5%
Clearance Rate
-0.6%
Change

By Type

per 1,000 inhabitants in St. Gallen

Property Offenses
20.854.0%
Violent Offenses
1.64.2%
Drug Offenses
6.015.6%
Traffic Offenses
9.524.7%

Trend

Crime Rate 2019-2024

44.3
2019
41.6
2020
40.4
2021
39.7
2022
38.9
2023
38.5
2024
Change 2019-2024 -13.1%

Clearance Rate

By Type

Violent Offenses
78.5%
Drug Offenses
95.2%
Traffic Offenses
88.5%
Economic Offenses
42.5%
Property Offenses
28.5%

compared to CH Average

St. Gallen
38.5
per 1,000 inhabitants
CH Average
45.2
per 1,000 inhabitants
14.8% Safer than Average

Quick Facts

Clearance Rate36.5%
Change 2024-0.6%

Compare

St. Gallen38.5
Zurich54.2Bern42.1Vaud58.7

Learn more

→ St. Gallen Canton Profile → All Cantons → Crime Types

Sources

BFS - Bundesamt fuer Statistik
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2024