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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 threats
Passenger threatened with razor in Hamburg S-Bahn
A 56-year-old man allegedly threatened an 89-year-old passenger with a razor on a Hamburg S-Bahn train. Federal police provisionally detained him.
- Knife threats
Man threatens passengers with pocketknife on Hamburg suburban train
A man is alleged to have opened a pocketknife on a Hamburg suburban train and made cutting and stabbing motions near passengers. Security staff held him until federal police arrived.
- Knife threats
Passenger threatened with utility knife on train to Altona
A passenger was allegedly threatened with a utility knife on a train between Pinneberg and Altona. Federal police located the suspect at Hamburg-Altona station.
- Knife threats
Police shoot man carrying knife in Hamburg
A man carrying a knife was shot in the leg and provisionally detained by police after a threatening situation in Hamburg-Farmsen-Berne.