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
An 18-year-old man is alleged to have attacked his father with a hammer and knife in Frankenthal. The seriously injured man escaped, and the suspect was remanded in custody.
A 34-year-old man was reportedly injured in the abdomen with a knife after a dispute outside a hotel in Berlin-Marzahn. He required intensive care treatment.
A man threatened a hotel receptionist in Düsseldorf with a knife and demanded cash. He fled without any proceeds after noticing other people in the entrance area.
At a child and youth welfare facility in Brilon, a teenager lightly injured another teenager with a bread knife after a dispute. Police later located the attacker.
A 19-year-old man threatened his 40-year-old flatmate with a knife following an argument in Munich. Both men were injured, and the suspect was placed in psychiatric care.
Six men suffered stab and cut injuries during an altercation between two groups near Berlin's City Palace. One injured man received emergency treatment for a life-threatening back injury.
A 41-year-old man was reportedly injured with a knife by three men during a dispute on Jebensstraße in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Two suspects were provisionally detained.
A man is alleged to have threatened residents with a knife after breaking into a flat in Konstanz. A police officer was slightly injured during the arrest.
A 78-year-old man allegedly attacked police officers with two knives in Bavaria after threatening his neighbour. He was arrested and suffered minor injuries.
