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.
Area statesCity states
Result for the selected indicatorData table and sources
A 19-year-old man is suspected of critically injuring his 18-year-old former partner with an axe in Hanover. The suspect was later found with life-threatening injuries himself.
A 49-year-old man was seriously injured in Stuttgart-Ost, reportedly by a knife stab during an altercation. An initial search for the perpetrators was unsuccessful.
Two people were killed in Bremen-Vegesack. A man died despite emergency treatment after suffering severe stab and cut injuries, while a woman was found dead in an apartment building.
An unidentified person allegedly threatened a Warstein resident with a pointed or sharp object and demanded a cash box. The man fled without taking anything.
Two men are alleged to have been threatened with a knife during robberies in Fürstenwalde. A 38-year-old man sustained serious injuries in one of the incidents.
An 18-year-old man is alleged to have threatened a 21-year-old woman with a knife in Fürstenwalde. Two police officers were slightly injured during his arrest.
A masked man is alleged to have used a knife to obtain cash from a petrol station in Umkirch. A 21-year-old suspect was arrested and remanded in pre-trial custody.
Following an argument at municipal accommodation in Senden, a 26-year-old man is alleged to have injured a 34-year-old man in the head with a knife. The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries, and the suspect was arrested.
A man allegedly threatened a passenger and a bus driver with a knife on a bus in Blomberg. He was slightly injured during a police operation and taken to hospital.
A 37-year-old man is alleged to have threatened a 25-year-old woman with a knife while she was depositing cash at a Frankfurt bank branch and to have snatched her money. Police arrested him the following morning.
Two suspects allegedly threatened a teenager with a knife and stole his cap at Wuppertal's Adlerbrücke suspended railway stop. Police later detained both of them.
