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Knife-related cases in Essen 2025

For Essen, 32 published cases are documented in the 2025 calendar year. They comprise 21 knife attacks, 3 knife threats, and 8 robberies or extortion cases involving a knife.

Period2025

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Data through 2025-12-31

  • 2025
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Reports by month and year
Month2025
January 2
February 4
March 5
May 2
June 1
July 2
August 3
September 5
October 1
November 3
December 4
Total cases32
Today0
Last 7 days0
Last 30 days0

Cases by typeCalendar year 2025

  1. Knife attacks 21 · 65.6 %
    65.6
  2. Knife threats 3 · 9.4 %
    9.4
  3. Robbery and extortion 8 · 25.0 %
    25.0

Total: 32 cases. Each published case is counted once in its public case type. Period: Calendar year 2025.

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Reported injury outcomes

  • No injury2
  • Injured, severity not known7
  • Minor injury1
  • Serious injury3
  • Life-threatening injury5
  • Fatal outcome2
  • Mixed injury outcomes4
  • Not known8

Context for Essen

  • The context and all figures refer to: Calendar year 2025.
  • Knife attacks account for the largest share of documented cases at 65.6%.
  • The highest documented monthly count is March 2025 with 5 cases.
  • Essen has 586,608 residents (as of 2023).

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