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Knife-related cases in Hesse 2025
Statistics and latest reports on knife attacks, knife threats, robbery and extortion involving knives in Hesse.
Annual comparison for this federal state
Data through 2025-12-31
- 2025
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| Month | 2025 |
|---|---|
| January | 35 |
| February | 18 |
| March | 36 |
| April | 20 |
| May | 22 |
| June | 35 |
| July | 40 |
| August | 38 |
| September | 24 |
| October | 33 |
| November | 27 |
| December | 24 |
Cases by typeCalendar year 2025
Total: 352 cases. Each published case is counted once in its public case type. Period: Calendar year 2025.
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- Knife attacks
Man attacks police officers with scissors at Gießen hospital and dies
A 33-year-old patient allegedly attacked police officers with scissors at Gießen University Hospital. He died after police used firearms.
- Knife attacks
Man injured with knife during dispute in Frankenberg
A 22-year-old man suffered a superficial abdominal cut during a dispute outside a shopping centre in Frankenberg. Two suspects were later arrested.
- Knife attacks
20-year-old hospitalised with stab wounds after altercation outside Darmstadt bar
A 20-year-old suffered stab wounds after a fight outside a bar in Darmstadt. Police arrested three suspects.
- Knife attacks
35-year-old injured on finger in Frankfurt robbery
An unknown man allegedly injured a 35-year-old on the finger with a pointed object in Frankfurt's Gallus district and robbed him of his bag.
- Knife attacks
Man injured in alleged knife attack in Frankfurt's Ostpark
A 31-year-old man was allegedly injured on the jaw with a knife and then robbed in Frankfurt's Ostpark.
- Knife attacks
Superficial stab injury after altercation on Frankfurt's Zeil
During an altercation with a group in central Frankfurt, a 19-year-old man sustained, among other injuries, a superficial stab wound.
- Knife attacks
Walker injured with knife near Fuldatal
An unknown man is alleged to have stabbed a 21-year-old walker in the abdomen with a knife on a field path near Fuldatal-Ihringshausen. The victim suffered minor injuries and the attacker fled.
- Knife attacks
Man injures colleague in knife attack in Frankfurt
A 33-year-old man allegedly tried to stab a colleague at a call centre in Frankfurt. The 34-year-old suffered a minor leg injury, and the suspect was arrested.
- Knife attacks
Woman seriously injured with stab wound in Steinbach
A 38-year-old woman was seriously injured with a stab wound during a domestic dispute in Steinbach. A 36-year-old suspect also injured two police officers during his arrest.
- Knife attacks
Flatmate injured in neck with knife in Kassel
A man is suspected of injuring his flatmate in the neck with a knife in Kassel. The injured man was taken to hospital, while the suspect is in pre-trial detention.
- Knife attacks
Teenager critically injured after alleged knife attack in Kassel
A teenager was critically injured in an alleged knife attack at a Kassel stop. Two teenagers fled, and police are investigating suspected attempted homicide.
- Knife attacks
Teenager allegedly injured 18-year-old with knife in Obertshausen
Following a dispute in a supermarket car park in Obertshausen, a teenager is alleged to have injured an 18-year-old with a knife.
- Knife attacks
Man injured with knife during robbery in Frankfurt
A group of eight men is alleged to have robbed three men in Frankfurt. A 20-year-old sustained a superficial knife injury to the face.
- Knife attacks
Man swings utility knife at Kassel station
Following an altercation at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station, a man allegedly swung a utility knife towards another person involved.
- Knife attacks
Man allegedly injured with knife in robbery outside Offenbach nightclub
Three suspects allegedly robbed an 18-year-old man outside a nightclub in Offenbach and may have injured his hand with a knife.
- Knife attacks
Two men injured in altercation on Frankfurt's Zeil
Two men were injured in an altercation on Frankfurt's Zeil. One man was reportedly injured with a knife.
- Knife attacks
Three injured in knife attack at Limburg shisha bar
Three men were injured with a knife during a dispute at a shisha bar in Limburg. A suspect and his companion fled.
- Knife attacks
Woman injured with folding knife during dispute in Wiesbaden
A woman was injured in the thigh with a folding knife during a dispute at Platz der Deutschen Einheit in Wiesbaden. Police arrested a 48-year-old man and secured the knife.
- Knife attacks
Young man slightly injured by knife stabs in Kassel
A 19-year-old man was slightly injured by two knife stabs during an altercation in Kassel. Two suspects were subsequently located.
- Knife attacks
23-year-old injured with knife during altercation in Darmstadt
An unidentified suspect allegedly injured a 23-year-old man in the forearm with a knife during an altercation at Darmstadt's Marktplatz.