How Safe is Berlin? 

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Berlin is not that bad , I mean it's probably one of the safest ghettos in Europe

Being from Brazil, those safety tips are just part of my life. I grew up with a lot of measures to prevent a lot of crimes. So Berlin is pretty safe to me. Funny story: when I first moved here I was warned to be careful at Alexanderplatz and I immediately assumed they meant armed robbery. When they told me it was basically pickpocketing I just laughed and said: if they don’t show me a gun that looks real they are not taking my stuff. 😁

OMG your Russian accent is perfect, I say that as a Russian myself

I was born and lived in Juarez, Mexico, one of the most "dangerous cities"( so they say) , in the world , lived Texas and since 2017 been living in Germany. I have traveled to many countries including Asia. And I've never had anything stolen. BUT in Rome and Greece. Not to say these countries suck, because they don't. They are beautiful, I just never thought, someone would cowardly ransack my car as soon as I stepped out of it =/. So compared to the places I have been and the experiences I have obtained, Germany is super safe. Ich ♥ Deutschland and your Channel. Thanks Babe 😘!!!

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As Russian I am totally offended by Kalashnikov stereotype. For Europe travel we use makarov or stechkin pistols. The only thing can make me feel not offended again is European citizenship.

I was once on a class trip to berlin. We went to the memorium next to the brandenburg gates, where there is lots of square pillows which get higher the deeper you go in. I saw one guy who had a paperboard with pen and claimed he was asking people for donations for a charity which intends to help deaf people. He was talking with an old lady, who was willing to give him money and right at the moment where she pulled out her wallet I called "Don't do it, it's a scam!". Immediately right after I said this he became very aggressive and chased me, intending to hurt me, with his other friends. They were young adults, only male and arabic in appearance. I cannot believe that such nasty and violent scammers are literally in such an important historic sight...

Coming from Brazil, I felt pretty safe in Berlin. Nobody's gonna mess with you if you're more dangerous than them. 🤣

"All the crazy people living here, they don't have guns" ..... Underrated 😂😂😂

Hi Radical Living, I discovered you casually and can't stop watching all your videos! Great contents! 2yrs living in Berlin and never seen a crime!!

We have places in America that make Berlin look like Disney World.

As they used to say in the early 2000s: "Visit Poland, your car is already there" (I'm Polish btw)

Living in Berlin for almost 10 years. Number of friends who got their bike stolen - 4 flat broken into - 3 phone or wallet stolen - 4 One of my girlfriends had her iPhone laying on the table in a cafe. A beggar lady casually put her bag on the table and snatched the phone unnoticed. Do not leave your phones on tables when going out or keep an eye on them!

“Common sense doesnt seem to be common nowadays” so true

Once saw a fox dragging a bike tire in Pankow. Don't know if that counts

That понимаешь was actually not terrible at all. Congrats on your russian.

I kind of like Berlin's structured system. You can choose the best district according to what kind of criminals you want to meet. Pickpockets, shoplifters, muggers, vandals, arsonists, drugdealers, corrupt politicians, gangs, rapists, gangrapists. You name it, they have it. Berlin also holds the world record for most people getting murdered in a Christmas market.

40 homicides and over 800 rapes??That is pretty bad, honestly. And also, you need to consider that these are recorded cases, the real numbers could be higher.

I've grown up in Berlin and have witnessed several majorly traumatic events. When I was 16 out and about drinking with friends, we were approached by an aggressive gang(tried to deescalate from our side, they didn't care), who later chased us and stabbed one of our group. He was severely injured but made a recovery. A few years later I was celebrating new years with friends at Friedrichshain park, and we were stupid enough to stay until late at night, when we were the only people in sight. Another gang of 20 men (probably high on coke) must have heard us, came and immediately escalated the situation, beating up all guys from our group, fracturing teeth among other injuries. they also tried to mug us but we'd buried our valuables in the sand when we saw first signs of aggression. I, having witnessed a stabbing without provocation before, assumed they would again pull knives and kill my friends. I was completely convinced they'd leave my friends to bleed out and die. So, Berlin is definitely safer than many other places in the world, yet you DO need to be careful where you spend your time late at night, especially on holidays where more people are out drinking and high on drugs. I stopped traveling alone at night after the first incident. I don't really leave my district at night unless I'm with a friend or partner. edit: another story. a man once tried to sexually assault me at a construction site just off a very busy street, where I'd gone 10 seconds earlier to pee. He grabbed me by the wrist and wouldn't let me go, and didn't believe me when I said I had friends waiting for me. I eventually got past him (he was standing between me and the only exit in the construction fence) but he ran after me. When he saw my friends he weirdly smiled at them and walked off.

Since the video is very optimistic and I had experience myself and with my friends, ill share it: I got assaulted physically and verbally this week on a bus full with people. I was at the last seat center seat of a bus going from Hermanplatz to Baumschulweg (M41), at 10:20 in night, the bus was 70% full, a guy fell on me and sat next in front side seat, he wasnt wearing a mask and was looking like he is a problem, i asked if he is fine and this came out to be my biggest mistake. That guy assaulted me verbally first before throwing punches on me and throwing my stuff, breaking my headphones and attempted to break my phone. I was in shock, he threw me out of my seat and people around started yelling at him too, i went of the bus and 2 people did try to talk to me and help. I went to police station (which was 50 meters from this incident), and made a complaint. The situation is so common in that area as I learnt from the police. To be honest I never thought that in a bus full of people it would happen. The guy wasn't looking shady from his appearance but apparently turned out to be a psycho. For me the learning was to never ever be emphatic with anyone who looks like he/she needs help, calling a cop is way better idea when u r in a safe spot. Eventually i respect that police was available and I had no issues in reporting the crime. But the toll on my mental health from this gave me deeper harm than the physical assault and damage to my belongings. Im happy to be alive because that person looked like he could pull of a knife from his pocket. I don't mean to scare anyone but it's important to know both sides of the coin, specially when it comes to violence crime.

Ive been to Berlin 5 times as tourist for long weekends and never had a problem or seen any thing like a crime, but take Radical's advice and be careful and watch your stuff , as you should anywhere.

☆Great video my "freund"☆ I was in the US Army stationed in Berlin 1989-91. As a Military Policeman (MP), I worked Checkpoint Charlie. During this time, crime was pretty low. Our attention was looking at the Russian and East German Soldiers. Always love watching your videos and of course subscribed. ☆ "Danke und Chus"☆

When I lived in Rummelsburg somebody broke in while I was 3 days in Sweden. They left our bikes but took everything that fits in a small car. Kitchen knifes, laptops, box with electronics. Harddrive with work relates things on in worth of 80k.... Bad part is we didn't have backups outside of the apartment and they took everything. Good thing is thief got caught in a stolen car with Some of our stolen goods including the harddrive. He sits in prison for 5+ years now. Other crimes also could be tracked back to him.

It’s funny to view videos like this, when you live in Rio de Janeiro, a place where thieves shoot you in the face just steal your phone, or make barricades on main roads, armed with war rifles, to rob dozens of drivers

Your videos are always so informative and entertaining, thank you for making them! I’ll be moving to Berlin soon and this video answered most of my questions ☺️

I really wanted this video!! Thanks! Keep up with the great content about Berlin!

I lived in Berlin my whole life and I honestly hate it. But that's just because I don't like big cities. However, I am a woman and even as a minor I was harassed by strangers multiple times, which isn't fun. I would say that the U-Bahn is one of the most dangerous places (especially for women), but that's just personal experience. Everything else is mostly fine :)

visited Berlin in 2019, NEVER felt that i was in danger in any time, LOVE the city, watching from Puerto Rico.

I grew up in Istanbul. I found it funny that despite all the drug dealing and pickpocketing going in front of me, there was pretty much no violence going on. It's surreal how criminal yet safe Berlin is.

I was looking forward to a new video and finally we got it ❤

finally a german youtube personalty with english content and no annoying accent I binged almost the entire channel now keep it up

So happy to find your channel! You made me laugh so many times🤣especially loved Ivan, brilliant Russian pronunciation, sparkling jokes! Thank you for making me so happy!!!♥

The worst thing happening to me in Berlin was rats running over me at night, while i slept in some hippie Yurt Camp next to spree. Well i didn’t sleep anymore after the incident.

Love Berlin... I would like to live 6 months in Berlin and 6 months here in Buenos Aires every year. The two coolest cities in the world

I kinda miss my home country of Germany a bit by watching this🥰. Saluti da Roma (not been robbed or anything here, ... yet🤞🏼) Keep up the good work, this channel is a national treasure✨

Hmmm 🤔 never thought a video on crime statistics in Berlin will be so entertaining and even unwinding to watch. Watched it before bedtime. 👌💚

Thanks bro. Very cool style of storie telling. Keep the good work. Athens Greece.

I love this channel he gives me almost everything I need to know about Berlin where I live

Congratulations on your video. It's pretty interesting, informative and funny at times. You are a pretty good actor. And I really enjoyed learning a bit about Berlin. Thanks.

In Russia there is only one no-go area, but it's 17kk square kilometers.

I live in Berlin since 4 years and generally feel very safe and free, day & night! Of course it depends a bit which areas you're at.. As a girl I feel a bit less save in Neukölln or at Kottbusser Tor for example because I'm catcalled a lot. At night when I'm by myself I avoid parks and dark, lonely streets, but in case I always bring a pepperspray (which I never had to use). It happened once that I was followed by a guy in bright daylight after leaving a club, but luckily the bouncers stepped in. Another time I was followed at night at Ostkreuz station (could loose him easily, but if I hadn't I'd asked for help or called the police). Considering the 200+ times I've taken public transport or walk the streets by night I would still call Berlin very safe, but it can't hurt to be street wise, aware of your surroundings and your radar on for crazy people :-D

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Love your videos! I lived in Berlin for 20 years and never felt unsafe …lived in Friedrichshain, Wilmersdorf and Steglitz…travelled everywhere. All good!

I was only once in Berlin in 2019, I loved it! And I went to Kottbusser Tor (as I was going to Schneiders Laden), I noticed the shady vibes but didn´t see or didn´t happened nothing to me or my friend! We even walk around the place, through Kottbusser Str. to the Hard Wax record store and came back again to the U-Bahn station... I have great memories of Berlin!

I'm from Russia and we all have metal doors in our flats here. We use the ones in the video only as doors between rooms in a flat. I have such a door in my room. Seriously, if you set such a door as an entance door, neighbours would think you went crazy.

My man's getting paid sponsorship :') Glad to be here since so long. Lesss goooooooii

Lived in Berlin for 2 yrs (1992-94), went out a lot at night w/ friends (i.e. Tresor). At first, was literally terrified to be on my own, even early evening, I’m a southern girl from Texas, but w/ time, realized no one really cared & everyone just minded their own business. Saw unaccompanied little old ladies taking the Ubahn at 9pm. Worst thing that ever happened was watching drunken teenagers getting sick at the bus stop & getting yelled at for crossing an empty street on foot late at night on red.

lived in Berlin for a few years. Mostly spend my time in Wedding, Neukölln and Friedrichshain. I always was told to be careful especially in those quarters but never felt uncomfortable even at night. The worst thing ever happening to me was that a local "park herbalist" ran away with a few bucks without giving out his product. And that's just such a classic tourist scam where you're almost to blame yourself if it happens to you. I sure do... Also, I a want to point out that the perception of danger by one also just might be freedom to yourself as no one bothers you while you're having a beer and casual hangout in the park, which in some conservative village might already be enough to have the cops be interested... Growing up in a rural, conservative area i personally found moving to bigger cities and especially those with "bad reputation" more safe and actually liberating...

I have never been pickpocketed, but after having lived several years in different large cities, I have become very cautious about my belongings. If I sit in a bar/restaurant. I always have my hand bag in my lap/on me, would never leave a phone on a table or so. In the u bahn / on the city I keep the bag in front of me and immediately think my wallet will be stolen if i would by mistake have the bag zipper facing to my back 😁 . Even though I have not had anything stolen yet, I guess it will happen at some point and try to have my valuables in different places (different bank accounts, different banks, limits to withdrawals, leave one credit card at home when going out, store phone number to block credit cards / sim cards in different places....) The scariest thing happening to me in Germany (lived there 2 years) was some guys on a regional train in southern germany that attacked my Chinese-Canadian friend for being foreign. Fortunately he was an ex militar and got help from other guys in our group. The scary thing was that nobody in the carriage did anything and nobody left the get help from the staff. Everybody just ignored the situation 😯

Hey ! I lived for 4 years at Nollendorfplatz, the place where it is said in the video that there are a lot of smugglings. I never experienced or saw any smuggling :D Great video btw, I learned a lot of things ! I love your content, continue so

I remember riding a bike along Görlitzer Park once - that was a bit scary with everyone trying to sell you drugs.

Im planning on coming to Berlin, becoming an international student (apply to some universities) and hopefully live there. From what i heard, great social programs, powerful economy with low cost of living compared to other European cities like Paris, London, Amsterdam etc (which is very helpful) and overall a safe place. Thanks on making this video dude and i love your accent.

that's video quality i like, nice job!

When people tell me Berlin isn't safe I just say: "Bitch, I'm from Colombia" 😂

Your channel is amazing! Thank you very much for those good contents, very informative in a really fun and smooth way, about Germany.

You oversimplified the organzised crime scene quite a bit. You do have the Vietnamese and Russian mob here, and a few biker gangs like Hells Angels or Bandidos who control some parts. Berlin has a basically still an east west divide when it comes to crime. In West Berlin you have Arabain, Turkish, Kurdish Clans and in the East you have other gangs.

Visited Berlin four times as a tourist, not a single crime witnessed or even a little scare to myself. Next tuesday i'm going again for four days and my hotel is EXACTLY at the hotspot in Schöneberg... we'll see. If you want some advice, i've travelled alone around Europe quite a bit and something that has always served me well is being very aware of my surroundings and SHOWING it. And if you take a picture take a quick look at everyone around you immediately after. Bad people will always target distracted and unaware people, don't be one of them. And FFS don't get any of your belongings unsupervised for a single second, no matter where you are.

Love your videos, and the "Ivan guy":)))

I came from São Paulo (Brazil) and live near Alexanderplatz, that in comparison don't look so dangerous for me, BUT one of ours bikes was stolen from the subterranean garage once, when the build's door was broken for some days... And some scammers and creepy guys spoken to me and some friends near the station, and in Bergmannkiez too.

The king is back 🙌😎 Radical how tall are you? Is it true that an average German man is 185cm

P.S. Would love to see more content like that BUT WITH YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE STORIES or something like that

I was just looking for this the other day , danke schön

I'm so sad that I can't find any content creator like you. How you explain all the things in a very fascinating way is just amazing. Love❤ your videos very much.

I was in berlin 20 years ago and just last month, always felt very safe there, good vibes.

I visited Berlin for the 1st time this year (Sept). I was at Kottbusser Tor twice and didn't think it was weird at all. But I live in Paris where most of the city is shady. No one would ever have a bike either. Thus our Vélib system.

Thanks for sharing your videos! I am moving to Berlin soon and your vids have been very insightful! Vielen dank!

Hi mate… I’ve been in Berlin many times, most for clubbing with local friends and I always been fascinated by the city, now I live in Melbourne from 7 years I would like to come back one day… but likely I found your channel which I find really interesting and entertaining Keep going

Radical Living: You have to know that in Germany, it's pretty hard to get your hands on a gun. Americans: Sorry, didn't understand your english...

Ich lebe seit 2 Jahren in Berlin: - 3 Fahrräder geklaut - eine Bierflasche beim Joggen auf den Kopf bekommen - eine Tasche geklaut - 68 Sachbeschädigungen am Haus - 8 Mal Auto zerkratzt 20 Jahre in Dresden --> ein Fahrradsattel geklaut worden...

Heyy man, love your work, we need more berlin content please!!!

I lived in one of the apartment buildings at Kotbusser Tor for a little while. I never had any trouble. The main thing is don't look like a target. In Berlin that mostly means don't wear nice clothes, or brightly colored clothes. I did see several ladies of the night and purveyors of mind altering substances, but I don't consider those crimes so they didn't bother me. I lived on Rigaer Strasse too and the pubs there are filled with old lefties - very interesting conversations to be had there for sure.

Berlin is not that safe like 17 years ago. I was born and still living here, there are places which are dangerous and very messy af. But also places you can call peaceful like Dahlem, Kladow, Lankwitz, Köpenick etc. It always depends on where you go and what you want.

I visited Berlin two years ago, prior to covid. Its a nice city, however my Airbnb accommodation was in a very Turkish area. It looked run down and rough. Once outside though it was a very nice place. I had a tour of the Reichstag and other places. There was this huge bunker near checkpoint Charlie with around 80 rooms, full of different details on the Nazi era. Great place.

Great video, very informative! I remember catching a tram twice at Cottbuser Tor at night thinking it looks shady...

Superwitzige Idee mit der Live-Schalte zu Ivan! Aber ich glaube, wenn die Kamera noch n bissel länger unscheinbar in der Gegend rumgestanden hätte, hätten wir zufällig auch noch bissel live-Kleinkriminalität gesehen. 😁Übrigens, das mit den brennenden Autos überrascht jetzt ja wirklich nicht mehr, wenn man sich n paar Videos von dir gegeben hat 😆

I rented a bike in Berlin and spent the day riding from one end to the other and I couldn't find a "bad neighborhood" by my American standards. I've lived in New York, LA and Philadelphia and Berlin was a delight. Only incredibly sheltered people would think Berlin is dangerous.

Visited Berlin in 2018 solo, felt pretty safe and I did go to some of the night life…that said be careful as pick pocketing is huge, even the hotel I stayed told me to be careful and it was 4 star hotel. And every other uber I got was very sketchy driver, from ignoring all the street signs to speeding to offering to get me substances (lol), so take regular taxi as my German friends recommended is safer and not that much more expensive. Just my two cents, but definitely visit Berlin its an awesome city.

Well researched video, carry on bro

bruh your videos must have so much more views! Thumbs up from Brazil

Worst things that happened to me in Berlin… once someone tried to rob my mobile phone and once someone tried to kidnap and rape me. Several tries to rape me can be left aside. Friends and people I knew got it worse. Some rapes which weren’t even reported because the amount of sentenced proofed rapists decreased and even if they got sentenced, the judgement was more like a joke. For this being several times re-traumatized? 1 guy got shot by someone who already threatened him before and when he reported the threatening the police, he didn’t get help. A few girls vanished and in one case they finally got the killer last year after almost 20 years. One girl got hanged by her brother-in-law and the police said it’s suicide until he also killed his wife. A woman I knew suddenly vanished and when this got reported the police they didn’t do anything for months. Then they found her chopped body pieces. She didn’t want to lend a friend 50€. A father of a friend got killed by a homeless man he knew when he offered him a warm place to sleep. I can list more, but what is most interesting to me is, that most victims are female. I don’t want to know what maybe didn’t even become part of the statistics.

"I don't feel safe in this city any more". A. Hitler, Berlin, 1945

Love the style brethen 🤘

You are really awesome and that short clip of you and NALF made my day!!!! Quick question what about motorcycle thefts, here in south Florida i had three motorcycles stollen, it was a Suzuki GSX-750 taken right in front of a restaurant 😫that wss my only set of wheels at the time😞 I’m definitely getting that VPN!!!!!

Compared to California your crime in Germany is more like getting a sneez from fairy dust or nasty looks from Unicorns or assaulted by an angry rainbow, my town in California is like a war zone by comparison.

I moved here a few months ago, I feel way safer walking around at night here then most cities I’ve been in.

I remember on one of your other videos someone commented about how their bike lock (not their bike but just the lock was stolen) in Berlin, and to this day I still chuckle when I think about that 😂

You do very good job on the videos, they're very informative as well as entertaining.

I've had a glimpse of the human trafficking scene in Berlin, what you mentioned as Arab clans activities : running Brothels, I worked as a sex worker in Berlin by choice and that's how I got connected to that world, of course I left it directly and never looked back

Omg my favourite guy on RU-vid is back...

I'll be in Berlin in 2 weeks and I can't wait! I'm not too concerned about my safety but I love your videos anyway!

9:29 How lovely. I work as an insurance broker in Brazil and in my city there is around 3 cars stolen per day and the insurance companies go nuts complaining how this number is too high. While, according to your number, its 12 cars per day in Berlin (4399/365) I don't know where you take 90/day.

In 2017, I was walking down Curvystrabe near Gorlitzer park after going to an ATM, about 7pm when from 10 meters away, three men asked "Do you have any cigarettes", and I said quickly "I don't smoke", they sprinted towards me, and began their attempted mugging, I took a number of hits and one king hit to the chin. I'm 6ft 4, and managed to elbow one of them so hard in he head he fell off me and broke free of the other two and began sprinting for my life, they tried to out run me by taking different sides of the street but I burnt them off. I sprinted to some drug dealers, got a cab, returned to my hostel bleeding, and decided I wouldn't let that bother me and went to a Justice gig and spent two days in Katerblau it was great haha! Love Berlin and it is really rare to have an experience like that!

Congrats with finding a first sponsor! Still waiting the trip to your favorite city. I mean Munchen.

Good video thanks for the numbers 👏

Hallo Radical, i was in Berlin last August for holydays, it was a quite nice experience, and the curios thing is, that i find your chanel while i was there. Und seitdem habe ich dein chanel abonniert...Grüße aus Düsseldorf.

"IT'S LIKE A LITTLE ARMY!" I don't think I cringed laughed so hard in my life...

I have to say that my bike was stolen in München, and 4 months later the Polizei found it. Yeap I know I am a lucky guy.

I lived in Berlin for 5 years and experienced a mugging with a physical damage, and an identity theft. Never had any other criminal encounter anywhere else I lived.

Hey! Cool info man...much appreciated! 😎