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Knife attacks by city

Absolute case counts and figures per 100,000 residents show different sides of the urban distribution. The first ranking orders published cases by number, while the second relates them to population. Each city profile adds trends, case types and the underlying reports.

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Cities with the most published cases

  1. Frankfurt am Main136 cases
    136
  2. München129 cases
    129
  3. Berlin121 cases
    121
  4. Bremen115 cases
    115
  5. Hamburg92 cases
    92
  6. Köln78 cases
    78
  7. Dortmund77 cases
    77
  8. Dresden71 cases
    71
  9. Gelsenkirchen71 cases
    71
  10. Bielefeld61 cases
    61

Bars compare case counts with the highest city value.

Published cases per 100,000 residents

  1. Gelsenkirchen26.7 per 100,000
    26.7
  2. Ludwigshafen26.1 per 100,000
    26.1
  3. Hanau25.2 per 100,000
    25.2
  4. Hagen23.6 per 100,000
    23.6
  5. Bremen19.9 per 100,000
    19.9
  6. Wiesbaden18.9 per 100,000
    18.9
  7. Frankfurt am Main17.5 per 100,000
    17.5
  8. Augsburg17.5 per 100,000
    17.5
  9. Chemnitz16.7 per 100,000
    16.7
  10. Halle (Saale)16.1 per 100,000
    16.1

Calculated from published cases and the population figure with reference year in the city profile. This is a comparative indicator, not a statement of personal risk.

Cities at a glance

101 cities

  1. Frankfurt am MainHesseLatest case: 2026-08-25 136cases
  2. MünchenBavariaLatest case: 2026-08-23 129cases
  3. BerlinBerlinLatest case: 2026-08-29 121cases
  4. BremenBremenLatest case: 2026-08-18 115cases
  5. HamburgHamburgLatest case: 2026-08-18 92cases
  6. KölnNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-28 78cases
  7. DortmundNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-26 77cases
  8. DresdenSaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-28 71cases
  9. GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-14 71cases
  10. BielefeldNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-08 61cases
  11. StuttgartBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-24 61cases
  12. DuisburgNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-16 54cases
  13. WiesbadenHesseLatest case: 2026-08-08 54cases
  14. AugsburgBavariaLatest case: 2026-08-26 53cases
  15. EssenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-21 53cases
  16. NürnbergBavariaLatest case: 2026-07-19 53cases
  17. WuppertalNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-17 49cases
  18. HannoverLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-26 46cases
  19. LudwigshafenRhineland-PalatinateLatest case: 2026-08-25 46cases
  20. HagenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-13 45cases
  21. MannheimBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-15 42cases
  22. ChemnitzSaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-27 41cases
  23. DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-21 41cases
  24. Halle (Saale)Saxony-AnhaltLatest case: 2026-08-20 39cases
  25. BochumNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-16 38cases
  26. MainzRhineland-PalatinateLatest case: 2026-06-13 35cases
  27. Baden-WürttembergBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-19 30cases
  28. KaiserslauternRhineland-PalatinateLatest case: 2026-08-23 29cases
  29. KielSchleswig-HolsteinLatest case: 2026-07-27 29cases
  30. KarlsruheBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-07-09 28cases
  31. KasselHesseLatest case: 2026-07-27 28cases
  32. MünsterNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-07-31 28cases
  33. GeraThuringiaLatest case: 2026-07-13 27cases
  34. LeipzigSaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-20 27cases
  35. HanauHesseLatest case: 2026-08-06 26cases
  36. ReutlingenBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-06 26cases
  37. BonnNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-18 23cases
  38. OffenburgBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-10 23cases
  39. OsnabrückLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-14 23cases
  40. PaderbornNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-06-27 23cases
  41. FreiburgBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-14 22cases
  42. LimburgHesseLatest case: 2026-06-20 22cases
  43. HammNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-06-08 21cases
  44. HeilbronnBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-24 21cases
  45. MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-09 21cases
  46. BraunschweigLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-06-09 20cases
  47. OffenbachHesseLatest case: 2026-08-26 20cases
  48. WilhelmshavenLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-21 20cases
  49. BayernBavariaLatest case: 2026-08-15 19cases
  50. RostockMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaLatest case: 2026-08-20 19cases
  51. UlmBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-07-09 19cases
  52. HildesheimLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-04-16 18cases
  53. KrefeldNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-07-29 18cases
  54. LübeckSchleswig-HolsteinLatest case: 2026-08-22 18cases
  55. RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-21 18cases
  56. DarmstadtHesseLatest case: 2026-07-08 17cases
  57. HessenHesseLatest case: 2026-08-01 17cases
  58. OldenburgLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-27 17cases
  59. ErfurtThuringiaLatest case: 2026-08-23 16cases
  60. HerneNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-07-17 16cases
  61. MagdeburgSaxony-AnhaltLatest case: 2026-08-05 16cases
  62. SachsenSaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-09 16cases
  63. WürzburgBavariaLatest case: 2026-07-09 16cases
  64. EsslingenBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-04-18 15cases
  65. GießenHesseLatest case: 2026-04-26 15cases
  66. JenaThuringiaLatest case: 2026-05-05 15cases
  67. Nordrhein-WestfalenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-06-30 15cases
  68. RegensburgBavariaLatest case: 2026-08-16 15cases
  69. DürenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-07-17 14cases
  70. EuskirchenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-20 14cases
  71. NeussNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-06-30 14cases
  72. TrierRhineland-PalatinateLatest case: 2026-08-01 14cases
  73. TübingenBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-06-16 14cases
  74. LüneburgLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-06-21 13cases
  75. AachenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-06-29 12cases
  76. AschaffenburgBavariaLatest case: 2026-06-01 12cases
  77. CelleLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-05-26 12cases
  78. FriedrichshafenBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-02-14 12cases
  79. HeidelbergBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-01 12cases
  80. KemptenBavariaLatest case: 2026-08-22 12cases
  81. KonstanzBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-06-04 12cases
  82. MemmingenBavariaLatest case: 2026-08-23 12cases
  83. SalzgitterLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-15 12cases
  84. BottropNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-05-30 11cases
  85. BremerhavenBremenLatest case: 2026-08-26 11cases
  86. DetmoldNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-06-02 11cases
  87. EmdenLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-04-24 11cases
  88. MindenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-24 11cases
  89. NiedersachsenLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-08-22 11cases
  90. PlauenSaxonyLatest case: 2026-01-29 11cases
  91. RüsselsheimHesseLatest case: 2026-07-22 11cases
  92. Schwäbisch GmündBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-07-12 11cases
  93. UelzenLower SaxonyLatest case: 2026-07-10 11cases
  94. VelbertNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-06-24 11cases
  95. WaiblingenBaden-WürttembergLatest case: 2026-08-25 11cases
  96. WeißenfelsSaxony-AnhaltLatest case: 2026-08-21 11cases
  97. AhlenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-24 10cases
  98. ArnsbergNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-07-04 10cases
  99. IserlohnNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-15 10cases
  100. LünenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-08-16 10cases
  101. MarlNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLatest case: 2026-05-01 10cases