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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.
Annual comparison for this city
Data through 2025-12-31
- 2025
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| Month | 2025 |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| February | 4 |
| March | 5 |
| May | 2 |
| June | 1 |
| July | 2 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 5 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 3 |
| December | 4 |
Cases by typeCalendar year 2025
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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Latest cases in Essen
- Robbery and extortion
Two men threaten petrol station employee in Essen with knife
Two unidentified men threatened a petrol station employee in Essen with a knife and a firearm before stealing cash.
- Robbery and extortion
Armed petrol station robbery in Essen-Steele
An unidentified man threatened a petrol station employee in Essen-Steele with a knife and stole cash. He escaped.
- Robbery and extortion
Armed robbery at Essen grocery store
A masked man allegedly threatened a cashier with a knife and stole cash at a grocery store in Essen. An employee was injured during the subsequent escape.
- Robbery and extortion
Three seniors robbed at knifepoint in Essen
An unidentified man allegedly threatened three seniors with a knife and robbed them in Essen's Holsterhausen district on the morning of 14 June.
- Robbery and extortion
Two pedestrians robbed with stabbing weapon in Essen
An unknown man threatened two pedestrians with a stabbing weapon on a cycle path in Essen and took cash.
- Robbery and extortion
Cashier threatened with bladed weapon in Essen
An unknown man threatened a cashier at a discount store in Essen with a bladed weapon and stole cash. The employee was not injured.
- Robbery and extortion
Cashier threatened with knife and robbed in Essen
An unknown man threatened a cashier with a knife at a store in Essen, demanded cash and fled with money from the register.
- Robbery and extortion
Three unknown men rob man of watch with pointed weapon in Essen
Three unknown men threatened a 33-year-old man with a pointed weapon in Essen and took his wristwatch.