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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Result for the selected indicatorData table and sources
A 20-year-old man was found with stab injuries at the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz S-Bahn stop in Leipzig and admitted to hospital. Police are investigating suspected dangerous bodily harm.
A 24-year-old man is suspected of slightly injuring another man with a knife after a dispute at a bar in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen. Police arrested him at the scene.
A passenger is alleged to have threatened a taxi driver in Essen with a knife. The driver was slightly injured and two men were provisionally detained.
A 49-year-old woman is suspected of stabbing a man of the same age in the thigh with a switchblade during a dispute in Memmingen. A police officer held her until further officers arrived.
A 29-year-old man suffered multiple stab and cut injuries during an altercation at Friedenspark in Ludwigshafen. Police are seeking a group of men who fled.
A 39-year-old man was taken to hospital with a life-threatening cut wound after an altercation in a discount store car park in Weißenfels. His unidentified opponent fled.
During a dispute on a commuter train in Stuttgart, a 36-year-old man allegedly held a carpet knife toward a 28-year-old man. Security staff intervened and federal police seized the knife.
A 53-year-old man allegedly tried to use a knife against his estranged wife at a Duisburg venue. The woman and her daughter were uninjured, and the man was remanded on suspicion of attempted murder.
A man allegedly threatened several people in Munich while carrying a utility knife and a shoehorn. Police provisionally detained him after the operation.
A 35-year-old man surrendered to police after a knife attack on a man in Munich. Arrest warrants had been issued against him on suspicion of attempted murder.
A 40-year-old man is accused of attacking and slightly injuring his former partner and a neighbour with a knife in Reutlingen. He has been remanded in custody.
A 55-year-old man allegedly tried to injure a 35-year-old woman with a knife after an argument at a shisha bar in Wiesbaden. A witness intervened and police arrested the man.
An unidentified man allegedly threatened a 27-year-old passenger with a knife on a suburban train and demanded a mobile phone. The passenger was uninjured and the offender fled without any property.
