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
A teenage girl was allegedly forced at knifepoint to go to a secluded area on school grounds in Velbert. Police are investigating a reported sexual offence.
After a memorial event in Strausberg, a 35-year-old man allegedly threatened two opponents after pushing one of them and drawing a pocket knife. The two men were able to leave the situation.
During an argument in Bad Freienwalde, a 36-year-old man allegedly threatened his 20-year-old opponent with a knife and made a stabbing motion. No one was injured.
A man allegedly forced his former partner from her apartment in Immenstaad while holding a knife. He was arrested, and an arrest warrant was suspended subject to conditions.
Following an alleged shoplifting incident, a woman is said to have threatened several employees with a knife at a Munich clothing store. An employee sustained a minor injury in the ensuing struggle.
A man is alleged to have run at passers-by with a knife and threatened them at Chemnitz central station. Federal police located him and secured the knife.
Three unidentified men allegedly attacked a 20-year-old in a Dortmund park. One of them allegedly stabbed him with a knife, leaving him with minor injuries.
An unidentified man allegedly threatened a 22-year-old with a knife on a suburban train bound for Wörth. The victim later sustained a lip injury from a knuckleduster at Karlsruhe-Durlach station.
A duo is alleged to have demanded money during three attempted robberies in Ahlen. In one case, one suspect tried to move an object, possibly a knife, toward a man's neck.
Following a dispute at shared accommodation in Dachau, a 24-year-old man was seriously injured by multiple stab wounds. A detention order was issued for an arrested suspect.
