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Knife attacks in Hamburg 2025
Statistics and latest reports on knife attacks, knife threats, robbery and extortion involving knives in Hamburg.
Annual comparison for this federal state
Data through 2025-12-31
- 2025
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| Month | 2025 |
|---|---|
| January | 4 |
| February | 7 |
| March | 9 |
| April | 2 |
| May | 5 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 3 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 5 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 6 |
| December | 2 |
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Reports
- Knife attack
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 threat
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 threat
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.
- Robbery/extortion
Man threatens supermarket employee with knife in Hamburg
An unidentified man threatened an employee with a knife at a supermarket in Hamburg-Marienthal and stole cash.
- Knife attack
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 attack
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 attack
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.
- Robbery/extortion
Knife robbery at pizza delivery business in Hamburg
An unknown offender is suspected of threatening an employee of a pizza delivery business in Hamburg-Eißendorf with a knife and stealing cash. The offender fled and police are seeking witnesses.
- Knife attack
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 attack
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.
- Robbery/extortion
Man injured with machete during attempted petrol station robbery in Hamburg
During an attempted robbery at a petrol station in Hamburg-Billstedt, an employee was allegedly injured with a machete. Three masked suspects fled.
- Knife attack
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 threat
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.
- Robbery/extortion
Knife threat during robbery in Hamburg-Bramfeld
Three unidentified men are alleged to have robbed two young men in Hamburg-Bramfeld. During the escape, one of the offenders threatened a teenager with a knife.
- Knife threat
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.
- Robbery/extortion
Bakery robbed at knifepoint in Hamburg
An unknown man threatened a bakery owner in Hamburg-Finkenwerder with a knife and demanded cash. He fled empty-handed.
- Knife attack
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.
- Robbery/extortion
Parcel courier threatened with knife and robbed in Hamburg-Sasel
At least two masked men allegedly threatened a parcel courier with a knife in Hamburg-Sasel and stole valuables and parcels from his delivery vehicle.
- Robbery/extortion
Knife robbery targeting employee in Hamburg-Wilstorf
An unidentified man threatened a 28-year-old employee with a knife in Hamburg-Wilstorf and stole a cash box from a cigarette machine.
- Knife attack
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.