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.
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Result for the selected indicatorData table and sources
During a dispute in a Hanau car park, a teenager and his companion allegedly threatened a 20-year-old man with a knife and a blank-firing gun. The man suffered a facial injury.
A man suffered a stab wound during a dispute between two residents at a homeless accommodation facility in Lübeck. The suspect was provisionally detained after a search.
Following a dispute in a supermarket car park in Stockstadt, a woman allegedly injured her former partner in the leg with a knife. The man required surgery.
An unknown man threatened a 65-year-old man with a knife in Heilbronn and stole cash from him. The victim suffered minor injuries in a subsequent struggle.
A 41-year-old man was injured in the neck with a knife during an argument at an apartment building in Sulingen. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, and the suspect was arrested.
A teenager is suspected of injuring another teenager in the neck with an object at Geschichtspark Havelland in Falkensee on Wednesday afternoon. The injured boy was taken to hospital for outpatient examinations, while the suspect fled.
Three men were injured during an altercation involving several people in Berlin-Neukölln. Police detained three participants and recovered, among other items, a folding knife and a kitchen knife.
Following an argument at Heidelberg Central Station, a 44-year-old man punched and kicked a 33-year-old man. He then threatened him with a knife and was arrested.
Following an argument at Gießen station, a minor threatened an 18-year-old woman with a knife. Another minor had previously been injured with pepper spray.
An unidentified man allegedly threatened a passer-by with a knife and demanded cigarettes in Mengen. The victim fled unharmed, and criminal police are investigating an attempted robbery.
After an altercation on a regional train, a man allegedly threatened three passengers with a pocketknife on an S-Bahn. Federal police provisionally detained him at Berlin Central Station.
An unidentified man allegedly threatened a guest at a pub in Leer with two knives before injuring the guest's hand with an iron bar. The suspect fled unidentified.
