Mostly a quiet residential slope north-west of the centre — but the district reaches down to the Neubrückstrasse beside the station, and that is where the Schützenmatte and the Reitschule are. That one square is the city's most reported trouble spot: violence, vandalism and open drug dealing, a private security firm patrolling since 2025, a «social workers' van» for people who feel unsafe, and the Reitschule itself closing for two weeks over violence. The city's redesign of the square has slipped to 2032, though parts are being brought forward. The rest of Engeried is ordinary residential Bern; the rating is for the square. Sources: SRF; Berner Zeitung; 20 Minuten.
Engeried — Bern, Switzerland
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Frequently asked questions
Is Engeried safe?
Wandroz currently rates Engeried in Bern as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report during the day and roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Bern at night. 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. Bern publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.
Is Engeried safe at night?
At night, Engeried is rated as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Bern. 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 Engeried a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Engeried'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. Note that the Booking.com link on this page searches Bern, not Engeried specifically: Booking does not list this neighbourhood as a destination of its own, so check each property's address against the map above.
Is there official crime data for Engeried?
Not an official government crime feed — Engeried'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 Engeried well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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