The centre of Schwamendingen, district 12, around the tram interchange. The area carries an older reputation as one of Zurich's rougher corners, and that reputation is what it used to be rated on here. The figures that exist do not support it: district 12 records 2.3 break-ins a year per 1,000 homes and workplaces, the lowest of Zurich's twelve districts, and Kanton Zürich reports youth crime falling across the canton in both 2024 and 2025. Rated with the night-time caution normal for a transport interchange in an outlying district, not for anything measured as elevated.
Schwamendingen-Mitte — Zurich, Switzerland
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No concerns found day
Average night
In detail
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This link is already scoped to this area (not the whole city), using the neighbourhood's real coordinates.
This is a limited-data assessment. Zurich publishes no neighbourhood-level crime dataset, and this area has not yet had a full source review, so the rating is indicative and is labelled as such rather than presented as evidenced.
Real official data point: Schwamendingen-Mitte sits in Kreis 12, one of
Zurich's 12 police districts. Kantonspolizei Zürich recorded an average of
2.31 break-ins a year per 1,000 premises — homes
and workplaces together — in that district
across
3 years (2025, 2024, 2023), 71% of the
12-district average of 3.26 per 1,000 premises.
Workplaces are counted because some districts hold far more of them than residents — Kreis 1 has
5,583 residents and 78,087 jobs — and dividing by residents alone made the old town read as the
worst district in the city, which the counts behind it do not support. This figure is real,
current, and official — but it covers burglaries only (not the full range of crime types) and
is reported at the district level, not for Schwamendingen-Mitte specifically, so treat it as directional context for
the wider area rather than a rating of this exact neighbourhood.
Frequently asked questions
Is Schwamendingen-Mitte safe?
Wandroz currently rates Schwamendingen-Mitte in Zurich as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report during the day and roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Zurich at night. This is a limited-data assessment: Zurich publishes no neighbourhood-level crime dataset and this area has not yet had a full source review, so the rating is indicative and labelled as such rather than presented as evidenced.
Is Schwamendingen-Mitte safe at night?
At night, Schwamendingen-Mitte is rated as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Zurich. 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 Schwamendingen-Mitte a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Schwamendingen-Mitte'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 Schwamendingen-Mitte itself.
Is there any official crime data for Schwamendingen-Mitte?
Partially. Schwamendingen-Mitte sits in Kreis 12, one of Zurich's 12 police districts. Kantonspolizei Zürich publishes a real, current burglary rate for that district — 2.31 break-ins a year per 1,000 premises (homes and workplaces), 71% of the 12-district average. This covers burglaries only, not all crime types, and is reported at district level, not specifically for Schwamendingen-Mitte — see the box below for the full figure and caveats. The neighbourhood-wide rating above is still the limited-data assessment described above, not derived from this burglary figure.
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