MesserMonitor
About MesserMonitor
MesserMonitor makes publicly reported cases searchable by date, location and case type.
The project
Reports of knife attacks, knife threats, and robbery or extortion involving a knife are published every day by police authorities, public prosecutors, courts and news organisations. However, this information is distributed across numerous sources, presented in different formats and often available only for a limited period.
MesserMonitor brings together publicly documented events according to consistent criteria. Entries are organised by date, location and type of incident, linked to the sources used and updated when new information becomes available. Where possible, several publications relating to the same event are combined into a single case entry.
This creates an ongoing record of publicly reported incidents and allows developments to be examined over time, by region and by type of event, rather than through isolated police statements or news reports.
MesserMonitor includes only events that can be verified through suitable public sources. The platform does not claim to provide a complete record of every incident that actually occurred or every case registered by the police. Not every incident is reported, publicly disclosed by an authority, covered by the media or published with enough detail to allow reliable identification.
All figures shown on MesserMonitor therefore refer solely to events that have been located, reviewed and published by the platform. They do not replace official police crime statistics, scientific dark-field research or an assessment of the safety of individual locations.
Founder and Background
MesserMonitor was initiated by Ronny Schmidt and is editorially managed by him.
The project began with the observation that reports of knife attacks, knife threats, and robbery or extortion involving a knife are spread across a wide range of separate sources. Individual incidents may be found, but examining them in a connected, long-term and source-based manner requires considerable research.
MesserMonitor is intended to bring this information together according to consistent criteria, document it transparently and maintain permanent links to the sources used. The focus is on factual presentation, transparent recording rules and a clear distinction between verified information, preliminary findings and later corrections.
The project is independently operated. MesserMonitor is not a public authority and does not replace police investigations, court findings or scientific crime statistics. The platform does not make its own final legal assessment of individual incidents. Entries reflect the information that can be established at the relevant time from publicly accessible and verifiable sources.
Ronny Schmidt has worked for many years as a survival and self-defence instructor. His professional and publishing work focuses on security, crisis preparedness and human behaviour, as well as the clear communication of practically applicable concepts. He is also the author of several specialist and non-fiction books in these fields.
MesserMonitor is not intended to sensationalise individual offences. Its purpose is to provide transparent, verifiable and permanently accessible documentation of a socially relevant issue.
Questions and notices
General questions can be sent through the contact page. A separate correction form is available for a specific case entry.