diff --git a/Util/Datatable.php b/Util/Datatable.php
index d30096b..7c0fab5 100644
--- a/Util/Datatable.php
+++ b/Util/Datatable.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Ali\DatatableBundle\Util\Formatter\Renderer;
 use Ali\DatatableBundle\Util\Factory\Prototype\PrototypeBuilder;
 use Twig\Environment;
+use Twig\Markup;
 
 class Datatable
 {
@@ -172,18 +173,36 @@ public function execute()
                 array_unshift($data, $item);
             }
         }
+        $raw_data = $data;
         if (!is_null($this->_renderer))
         {
             array_walk($data, $this->_renderer);
         }
         if (!is_null($this->_renderer_obj))
         {
+            // ->setRenderers() always renders every column through Twig (falling back to
+            // _default.html.twig's {{ dt_item }}), so auto-escaping is guaranteed here.
+            // The ->setRenderer() closure's output (if any) still needs marking as safe,
+            // since Twig would otherwise re-escape the HTML it already built.
+            if (!is_null($this->_renderer))
+            {
+                $this->_markRendererOutputAsSafe($data, $raw_data);
+            }
             $this->_renderer_obj->applyTo($data, $objects);
         }
+        else
+        {
+            // No Twig pass is guaranteed to run (no ->setRenderers()), so nothing will
+            // auto-escape leftover raw entity/DB values (or a whole untouched row when
+            // ->setRenderer() isn't used either). In a single pass: mark values the
+            // ->setRenderer() closure built as safe HTML, and escape everything else.
+            $this->_finalizeUnrenderedValues($data, $raw_data);
+        }
         if (!empty($this->_multiple))
         {
             array_walk($data, function($val, $key) use(&$data, $ids) {
-                array_unshift($val, "<input type='checkbox' name='dataTables[actions][]' value='{$ids[$key]}' />");
+                $safe_id = htmlspecialchars((string) $ids[$key], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+                array_unshift($val, "<input type='checkbox' name='dataTables[actions][]' value='{$safe_id}' />");
                 $data[$key] = $val;
             });
         }
@@ -196,6 +215,68 @@ public function execute()
         return new JsonResponse($output);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Column values untouched by the controller's ->setRenderer() closure are raw entity/DB
+     * data, left as plain strings here and escaped later by Twig (->setRenderers() is
+     * configured whenever this method is called, see execute()). Values the closure *did*
+     * rewrite are trusted, deliberately-built HTML (links, badges, ...), so we wrap them in
+     * Twig\Markup - the same "already safe" marker the |raw filter produces - so the later
+     * Twig pass doesn't mangle them.
+     *
+     * @param array $data     data after the renderer closure ran (modified in place)
+     * @param array $raw_data data as it was before the renderer closure ran
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function _markRendererOutputAsSafe(array &$data, array $raw_data)
+    {
+        foreach ($data as $row_index => &$row)
+        {
+            foreach ($row as $column_index => &$value)
+            {
+                $original = $raw_data[$row_index][$column_index] ?? null;
+                if (is_string($value) && $value !== $original)
+                {
+                    $value = new Markup($value, 'UTF-8');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Combines _markRendererOutputAsSafe() and the old _escapeUnsafeValues() into a single
+     * row/column pass, since every cell needs exactly one of those two treatments and doing
+     * them as two separate nested loops over the same data was pure overhead. For each string
+     * cell: if the ->setRenderer() closure changed it, it's deliberately built HTML, so wrap it
+     * in Twig\Markup; otherwise it's untouched entity/DB data and must be escaped so the
+     * client-side DataTables grid (which inserts aaData directly into the DOM) can't interpret
+     * it as HTML/script. Used whenever no ->setRenderers() Twig pass is configured to guarantee
+     * escaping - i.e. when the table has no renderer at all, or only a ->setRenderer() closure
+     * that may leave some columns (or all rows, for columns it doesn't touch) unrendered.
+     *
+     * @param array $data     data after any ->setRenderer() closure ran (modified in place)
+     * @param array $raw_data data as it was before the ->setRenderer() closure ran
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function _finalizeUnrenderedValues(array &$data, array $raw_data)
+    {
+        foreach ($data as $row_index => &$row)
+        {
+            foreach ($row as $column_index => &$value)
+            {
+                if (!is_string($value))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                $original = $raw_data[$row_index][$column_index] ?? null;
+                $value    = $value !== $original
+                    ? new Markup($value, 'UTF-8')
+                    : htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * get datatable instance by id
      *  return current instance if null
diff --git a/Util/Formatter/Renderer.php b/Util/Formatter/Renderer.php
index 219b29e..b6400f4 100644
--- a/Util/Formatter/Renderer.php
+++ b/Util/Formatter/Renderer.php
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ public function __construct(Environment $twig, array $renderers, array $fields)
      */
     public function applyView($view_path, array $params)
     {
-        $out = $this->twig
-                ->render($view_path, $params);
-        return html_entity_decode($out);
+        return $this->twig->render($view_path, $params);
     }
 
     /**