By Kirsten Ripper, Euronews

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31/05/2026 - 14:36 GMT+2

At Frankfurt am Main central station, Deutsche Bahn also warns passengers on board trains about pickpockets. Travellers leaving the station are confronted with the misery of drug addicts who linger in Kaiserstraße and the surrounding streets, whether they want to see it or not. Police are usually on the scene, but from the outside not much appears to have changed in recent years.

And the figures on violence at Germany's railway stations are causing headaches for many officials. Since this weekend the federal police have stepped up their presence at stations in ten major German cities. When it comes to crime at stations, Frankfurt is not even at the top of the list.