MesserMonitor statistics place published knife attacks, knife threats, robbery and extortion involving a knife in their regional and temporal context. The federal-state comparison shows case counts and cases per 100,000 residents. Further analysis shows absolute case numbers by period, case type, level of use and reported injury outcome.
Comparison year2025
Federal states compared · 2025
Cases through December 31, 2025
Comparison of published cases by federal state with population, immigration history and people seeking protection.
Population Immigration history People seeking protectionMesserMonitor cases
Baden-Württemberg
11,245,909 Population
13.47 %32.06 %3.40 %
491 Cases · 4.37 Cases per 100,000 residents
Bavaria
13,260,815 Population
15.88 %26.18 %2.98 %
382 Cases · 2.88 Cases per 100,000 residents
Berlin
3,701,307 Population
4.43 %35.45 %5.21 %
196 Cases · 5.30 Cases per 100,000 residents
Brandenburg
2,552,851 Population
3.06 %10.07 %2.96 %
72 Cases · 2.82 Cases per 100,000 residents
Bremen
706,901 Population
0.85 %40.03 %6.62 %
80 Cases · 11.32 Cases per 100,000 residents
Hamburg
1,869,801 Population
2.24 %35.51 %4.12 %
53 Cases · 2.83 Cases per 100,000 residents
Hesse
6,281,600 Population
7.52 %33.51 %4.42 %
352 Cases · 5.60 Cases per 100,000 residents
Lower Saxony
8,002,922 Population
9.58 %22.62 %4.24 %
314 Cases · 3.92 Cases per 100,000 residents
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
1,567,290 Population
1.88 %8.61 %3.34 %
69 Cases · 4.40 Cases per 100,000 residents
North Rhine-Westphalia
17,999,392 Population
21.55 %30.14 %4.40 %
847 Cases · 4.71 Cases per 100,000 residents
Rhineland-Palatinate
4,124,910 Population
4.94 %25.87 %3.51 %
172 Cases · 4.17 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saarland
1,008,047 Population
1.21 %24.11 %5.35 %
18 Cases · 1.79 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saxony
4,024,188 Population
4.82 %10.49 %3.41 %
141 Cases · 3.50 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saxony-Anhalt
2,121,638 Population
2.54 %9.95 %3.69 %
79 Cases · 3.72 Cases per 100,000 residents
Schleswig-Holstein
2,959,859 Population
3.54 %19.29 %4.03 %
121 Cases · 4.09 Cases per 100,000 residents
Thuringia
2,081,288 Population
2.49 %10.19 %3.49 %
100 Cases · 4.80 Cases per 100,000 residents
Analysis and result
The figures are based on publicly reported cases found through the evaluated sources.
Social context
Each point represents a federal state. Its position connects the selected social indicator with published cases per 100,000 residents.
Area statesCity states
Result for the selected indicatorData table and sources
Police have arrested a suspect following a knife attack at Neumarkt in Cologne. According to police, an arrest warrant for attempted manslaughter has been issued against him.
Following an argument in Bad Kreuznach's pedestrian zone, a man is alleged to have threatened another man with a knife. Three men restrained him before police provisionally arrested him.
Following an altercation in Ludwigshafen, a 30-year-old man is alleged to have threatened three people with a dagger. A 19-year-old had previously been injured in an assault.
In Hagen, a 20-year-old is alleged to have used a box cutter to force another 20-year-old to hand over his smartphone. Federal police arrested the suspect after a search.
Two men are alleged to have seriously injured a 24-year-old man with a knife and a beer bottle during an altercation at Hildburghausen market. Police are seeking witnesses.
A 37-year-old woman died after suffering stab wounds in a car park in Nienburg. A 33-year-old man was arrested, and police and prosecutors are investigating on suspicion of murder.
A 46-year-old man is alleged to have attacked and seriously injured a 35-year-old man with a knife at Bremen's station square. The suspect was arrested.
In Mainz-Mombach, two men aged 28 and 32 are suspected of having used a knife against each other. Both suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
A masked man allegedly threatened a petrol station employee with a knife in Eimbeckhausen and demanded cash. Police provisionally arrested him after he fled.
A masked man allegedly threatened a petrol station employee in Berlin-Adlershof with a knife and stole cash. The employee was unharmed and the suspect escaped.
