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 overhead. So `axum`'s performance is comparable to [`hyper`]. You can find a
 benchmark [here](https://github.com/programatik29/rust-web-benchmarks).
 
+## Safety
+
+This crate uses `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` to ensure everything is implemented in
+100% safe Rust.
+
 ## Examples
 
 The [examples] folder contains various examples of how to use `axum`. The