The smallest municipality in Basel-Stadt, 1,312 people on the Chrischona hill above Riehen. The canton's own figures record 45 criminal-code offences here in 2025 — about 34 per 1,000 residents, the lowest in the canton and under a quarter of the city of Basel's rate. Rural, quiet, and a long way from anything; that is the point of it. Source: data.bs.ch dataset 100508, 2025.
Bettingen — Basel, Switzerland
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No concerns found day
No concerns found night
In detail
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This rating comes from a structured local-source assessment. This specific area was reviewed against credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — and the signals were consolidated across sources rather than taken from any single report, with the reasoning and the sources shown above. Basel publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does publish one, Wandroz uses it instead of an assessment. Where a review finds nothing documented, that is recorded as no findings rather than as a safety rating.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bettingen safe?
Wandroz currently rates Bettingen in Basel as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report, both by day and after dark. This comes from a structured local-source assessment: an area-level review of credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — consolidated across sources rather than taken from a single report. Basel publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.
Is Bettingen safe at night?
At night, Bettingen is rated as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report. If you're unsure, it's worth checking recent local reviews for your specific street or block, since a neighbourhood-wide rating can't capture block-by-block variation.
Is Bettingen a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Bettingen's day rating (an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report) is the more relevant one for typical daytime tourist activity; check the night rating too if you'll be out late. The Booking.com link on this page searches Bettingen itself.
Is there official crime data for Bettingen?
Not an official government crime feed — Bettingen's rating comes from Wandroz's own current local/national press and survey research for this specific area instead (see the note on this page for what was checked and the sources used). An absence of recent negative coverage is treated as inconclusive, not as proof the area is safe. If you live in or know Bettingen well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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