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 teenager allegedly threatened several residents with a knife at refugee accommodation in Berlin and pursued three men. The men escaped, while the suspect fled.
Four teenagers allegedly threatened an employee of a late-night shop in Berlin-Reinickendorf with knives and demanded cash. The employee, who was slightly injured, used pepper spray; the suspects fled without loot and were later arrested.
A teenager suffered life-threatening stab injuries during an altercation in Nordenham's Museumspark. Another teenager was remanded in custody on suspicion of attempted manslaughter.
An unknown man is alleged to have threatened a 32-year-old pedestrian in Dortmund-Scharnhorst with a raised long knife. The pedestrian fled and police are seeking witnesses.
A teenager was reportedly threatened with a knife while trying to intervene in a dispute at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Police arrested a suspect.
After an attempted shoplifting incident in Gera, a man thrust a screwdriver toward a security worker. Another security worker was slightly injured in the ensuing confrontation.
Two teenagers were injured in knife stabbings during a dispute in Flensburg's Jacob-Nöbbe-Bogen. One teenager suffered serious injuries, but police said there was no danger to life.
An unknown man is alleged to have threatened an 87-year-old man in Ludwigshafen with a knife and demanded money. The offender fled without any proceeds.
A man is alleged to have attacked a doctor and a paramedic with a knife in a house in Laucha an der Unstrut. Both were injured; the doctor's serious injuries were assessed as non-life-threatening.
In Mannheim, a 21-year-old is alleged to have seriously injured his 18-year-old former partner with multiple knife wounds during an argument. He was remanded in custody.
