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 year2026
Federal states compared · 2026
Cases through October 24, 2026
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 %
360 Cases · 3.20 Cases per 100,000 residents
Bavaria
13,260,815 Population
15.88 %26.18 %2.98 %
322 Cases · 2.43 Cases per 100,000 residents
Berlin
3,701,307 Population
4.43 %35.45 %5.21 %
132 Cases · 3.57 Cases per 100,000 residents
Brandenburg
2,552,851 Population
3.06 %10.07 %2.96 %
73 Cases · 2.86 Cases per 100,000 residents
Bremen
706,901 Population
0.85 %40.03 %6.62 %
59 Cases · 8.35 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 %
304 Cases · 4.84 Cases per 100,000 residents
Lower Saxony
8,002,922 Population
9.58 %22.62 %4.24 %
197 Cases · 2.46 Cases per 100,000 residents
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
1,567,290 Population
1.88 %8.61 %3.34 %
33 Cases · 2.11 Cases per 100,000 residents
North Rhine-Westphalia
17,999,392 Population
21.55 %30.14 %4.40 %
613 Cases · 3.41 Cases per 100,000 residents
Rhineland-Palatinate
4,124,910 Population
4.94 %25.87 %3.51 %
112 Cases · 2.72 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saarland
1,008,047 Population
1.21 %24.11 %5.35 %
9 Cases · 0.89 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saxony
4,024,188 Population
4.82 %10.49 %3.41 %
113 Cases · 2.81 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saxony-Anhalt
2,121,638 Population
2.54 %9.95 %3.69 %
78 Cases · 3.68 Cases per 100,000 residents
Schleswig-Holstein
2,959,859 Population
3.54 %19.29 %4.03 %
68 Cases · 2.30 Cases per 100,000 residents
Thuringia
2,081,288 Population
2.49 %10.19 %3.49 %
57 Cases · 2.74 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.
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An 18-year-old sustained several serious knife-stab injuries following a confrontation within a larger group in Bremen’s Steintor district. Police are seeking witnesses; his life was not in danger.
In Düsseldorf, a passenger held a knife to a ride-service driver's neck and demanded cash. He and a second man fled with the money; the initial search was unsuccessful.
A 44-year-old man is suspected of seriously injuring his former wife with a cutter knife in Wendlingen. She underwent emergency surgery, and he was remanded in custody.
In Stuttgart, one of three unknown assailants threatened a 33-year-old man with a folding knife. The other two took his belongings before the group fled.
In Hildesheim, a 43-year-old man allegedly attacked a 27-year-old with a knife after a dispute. The seriously injured man underwent emergency surgery, and the suspect was provisionally detained.
A 35-year-old man allegedly showed a woman a kitchen knife and threatened her in a Lübeck supermarket car park. She and her husband were unharmed; police took the man into custody.
A 45-year-old woman died in Wadern-Lockweiler on 24 September. An arrested 19-year-old is strongly suspected of stabbing her to death; the instrument was not specified.
In Frankfurt am Main, a 62-year-old man allegedly drew a knife after a 46-year-old man refused his request for a cigarette. He received a cigarette and was later arrested.
After their cars' side mirrors collided in Kressbronn am Bodensee, a 23-year-old driver allegedly injured a 52-year-old woman with a knife. He then gave her first aid and was arrested.
An unknown man allegedly threatened a 22-year-old with a knife in Graben-Neudorf and caused superficial arm injuries after he refused to hand over money and his phone. The attacker fled empty-handed.
After a dispute in a Neu-Isenburg hotel room, a 33-year-old man allegedly injured another guest with a knife. A witness who came to help also suffered superficial injuries.
A 33-year-old allegedly drew a knife and threatened staff in a Rostock supermarket in Schmarl despite a ban; officers later found him without the knife and took him into custody.
A 56-year-old man showed a knife to children at the station square in Bernau. The children left, and he is under investigation on suspicion of making threats.
Several suspects believed to be teenagers allegedly threatened a 66-year-old man in a Leipzig-Volkmarsdorf park with a sharp object and robbed him of cash and a phone.
A knife was used in a dispute between two men in a Marburg car park on Gisselberger Straße; both suffered minor injuries, but police have not established whether the knife caused them.
A man allegedly threatened an Ingolstadt supermarket employee with a closed pocketknife, then made stabbing motions at two store detectives with the knife open; neither was hurt.
During a dispute in Hagen im Bremischen, a 54-year-old man allegedly stabbed a 32-year-old man several times with a kitchen knife. The victim sustained life-threatening injuries, and a court ordered the suspect held in pre-trial detention.
