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Knife-related cases in Hamburg 2025
For Hamburg, 53 published cases are documented in the 2025 calendar year. They comprise 29 knife attacks, 4 knife threats, and 20 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 | 4 |
| February | 8 |
| March | 9 |
| April | 2 |
| May | 4 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 3 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 5 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 6 |
| December | 3 |
Cases by typeCalendar year 2025
Total: 53 cases. Each published case is counted once in its public case type. Period: Calendar year 2025.
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Reported injury outcomes
- No injury8
- Injured, severity not known4
- Minor injury3
- Serious injury3
- Life-threatening injury9
- Fatal outcome4
- Mixed injury outcomes10
- Not known12
Context for Hamburg
- The context and all figures refer to: Calendar year 2025.
- Knife attacks account for the largest share of documented cases at 54.7%.
- The highest documented monthly count is March 2025 with 9 cases.
- Hamburg has 1,910,160 residents (as of 2023).
- Hamburg is a city-state.
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Latest cases in Hamburg
- Knife attacks
Man detained after fatal knife attack in Hamburg-Rahlstedt
A 68-year-old man died after a suspected knife attack at his home in Hamburg-Rahlstedt. A 43-year-old suspect was provisionally detained.
- Knife attacks
Man detained after fatal stabbing injuries at Hamburg accommodation
A 55-year-old died after suffering multiple stab wounds at accommodation in Hamburg-Billbrook. A 32-year-old was provisionally detained.
- Knife attacks
Man suffers neck injury in reported knife attack in Hamburg
A man reported suffering a potentially life-threatening stab wound to the neck in the Bergedorf area on 18 November. Police are investigating suspected attempted homicide.
- Knife attacks
Man dies after knife injury in Hamburg-Heimfeld
In Hamburg-Heimfeld, a 20-year-old woman is alleged to have fatally injured a 36-year-old acquaintance with a knife during an argument. She was provisionally detained.
- Knife attacks
Man seriously injured in knife attack in Hamburg
A man was seriously injured with a knife during an altercation in an apartment in Hamburg-Neuallermöhe. The suspected attacker later turned himself in to police.
- Knife attacks
Woman allegedly attacks husband repeatedly with knife in Hamburg-Billstedt
A woman is alleged to have repeatedly attacked her husband with a knife after an argument in Hamburg-Billstedt. He was not injured, and the suspect is in pre-trial detention.
- Knife attacks
Woman injured with knife at hospital car park in Hamburg-Rahlstedt
A 27-year-old woman was threatened with a knife and lightly injured at a hospital car park in Hamburg-Rahlstedt. The unidentified person fled.
- Knife attacks
Man seriously injured in altercation in Hamburg-Winterhude
A 29-year-old man was injured in the neck with an unknown stabbing instrument during an altercation after a street festival in Hamburg-Winterhude. Police are searching for four to five fleeing suspects.
- Knife attacks
Man critically injured in Hamburg stabbing
A 51-year-old man sustained life-threatening stab injuries during a confrontation in Hamburg-St. Georg. The suspected attacker has not yet been found.
- Knife attacks
Man seriously injured in altercation at Jungfernstieg
A 31-year-old man was allegedly injured with a knife during a dispute between two groups at Hamburg's Jungfernstieg. The unidentified attacker escaped.
- Knife attacks
24-year-old seriously injured in knife attack in Hamburg
A 24-year-old suffered serious stab wounds during a dispute between two groups in Hamburg-St. Georg. Police are seeking the suspects who fled.
- Knife attacks
Man detained after fatal stabbing in Hamburg-Harburg
After a dispute in a shopping centre in Hamburg-Harburg, a man is suspected of stabbing a man of the same age several times. The victim later died in hospital, and the suspect was provisionally detained.
- Knife attacks
Teenager critically injured in knife attack in Hamburg
A teenager was critically injured by a knife stab in Hamburg-Winterhude. A 19-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene.
- Knife attacks
Man injures father with knife and dies after fall in Hamburg
Following a family dispute in Hamburg-Hausbruch, a 26-year-old man injured himself and his father with a knife. He later died after falling from the high-rise building.
- Knife attacks
Man critically injured in Hamburg-Jenfeld stabbing
A 20-year-old man was reportedly critically injured by knife wounds after an altercation in Hamburg-Jenfeld. The suspected attacker fled.
- Knife attacks
Several people injured with a knife at Hamburg Central Station
A woman is suspected of injuring several passers-by with a knife at Hamburg Central Station. Some of the injuries were described as life-threatening.
- Knife attacks
Man arrested after stabbing in Hamburg
A man suffered life-threatening knife wounds after an altercation in Hamburg's St. Georg district. The suspect was provisionally detained.
- Knife attacks
Two people injured in knife attack on Hamburg bus
An unidentified man injured two people with a knife in Hamburg-Billstedt and allegedly also attempted to attack a bus driver.
- Knife attacks
Man arrested after knife attack on Reeperbahn
After an argument on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg-St. Pauli, a man is suspected of stabbing a 46-year-old several times with a knife. The victim suffered life-threatening injuries but is now out of danger.
- Knife attacks
Man injured in robbery in Hamburg-Altenwerder
Two unknown men allegedly attacked a 41-year-old man in Hamburg-Altenwerder, injured his shoulder with an unknown object and stole his mobile phone.