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 28-year-old man was attacked with a knife and seriously injured at a shooting festival in Rheinberg. Investigators are treating the case as attempted homicide.
During an argument in Stade's Bürgerpark, a man is alleged to have stabbed a 29-year-old in the torso with a knife, seriously injuring him. The suspected attacker fled and police are searching for him.
A woman allegedly demanded tobacco products while displaying a cutting tool at a Leipzig shop. An employee used pepper spray, and the woman fled but was apprehended at the scene.
An unknown man is alleged to have threatened a 55-year-old man with a knife, made stabbing motions towards him and pursued him in Mannheim. The man was not injured.
An unknown man allegedly threatened a cashier with a knife during a robbery at an Augsburg supermarket and took cash from the register. He escaped unidentified.
A 28-year-old man is suspected of attacking a 39-year-old with a knife at a homeless shelter in Bramsche, causing life-threatening injuries. He was arrested at the scene.
Three men were injured in an altercation outside a bar in Berlin-Schöneberg, including one man who sustained knife wounds. Three suspects were provisionally detained.
An 18-year-old man was allegedly injured with a pointed object during an altercation in Meißner Gasse in Freiberg in the early hours of 1 August. He is receiving inpatient treatment.
Two people allegedly threatened a security employee after an argument at the Luisenforum. One of them held a knife in front of him and threatened to stab him.
Two men were attacked by a group outside a nightclub in Heidelberg's old town. One of them also sustained cuts from an unknown weapon or pointed object.
A man allegedly attacked a 42-year-old with a knife and punches after an apartment door was opened in Munich. The victim was seriously injured, and police are continuing to search for an identified suspect.
A 31-year-old man allegedly pursued two men with two knives after an argument at Platz der Deutschen Einheit. He was arrested after attempting to flee and admitted to a psychiatric clinic.
