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 August 29, 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 %
311 Cases · 2.77 Cases per 100,000 residents
Bavaria
13,260,815 Population
15.88 %26.18 %2.98 %
253 Cases · 1.91 Cases per 100,000 residents
Berlin
3,701,307 Population
4.43 %35.45 %5.21 %
109 Cases · 2.94 Cases per 100,000 residents
Brandenburg
2,552,851 Population
3.06 %10.07 %2.96 %
22 Cases · 0.86 Cases per 100,000 residents
Bremen
706,901 Population
0.85 %40.03 %6.62 %
49 Cases · 6.93 Cases per 100,000 residents
Hamburg
1,869,801 Population
2.24 %35.51 %4.12 %
40 Cases · 2.14 Cases per 100,000 residents
Hesse
6,281,600 Population
7.52 %33.51 %4.42 %
259 Cases · 4.12 Cases per 100,000 residents
Lower Saxony
8,002,922 Population
9.58 %22.62 %4.24 %
174 Cases · 2.17 Cases per 100,000 residents
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
1,567,290 Population
1.88 %8.61 %3.34 %
27 Cases · 1.72 Cases per 100,000 residents
North Rhine-Westphalia
17,999,392 Population
21.55 %30.14 %4.40 %
508 Cases · 2.82 Cases per 100,000 residents
Rhineland-Palatinate
4,124,910 Population
4.94 %25.87 %3.51 %
102 Cases · 2.47 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saarland
1,008,047 Population
1.21 %24.11 %5.35 %
7 Cases · 0.69 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saxony
4,024,188 Population
4.82 %10.49 %3.41 %
87 Cases · 2.16 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saxony-Anhalt
2,121,638 Population
2.54 %9.95 %3.69 %
62 Cases · 2.92 Cases per 100,000 residents
Schleswig-Holstein
2,959,859 Population
3.54 %19.29 %4.03 %
42 Cases · 1.42 Cases per 100,000 residents
Thuringia
2,081,288 Population
2.49 %10.19 %3.49 %
49 Cases · 2.35 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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A 36-year-old man allegedly attacked police officers with a bladed weapon in his Bochum flat and slightly injured one officer. Special forces later detained him.
A woman is suspected of injuring her partner in the neck with a knife at their shared flat in Hamburg-Billstedt. The suspect was provisionally arrested.
A woman is accused of critically injuring her brother with a knife following a family dispute in an apartment building in Duisburg. She was remanded in custody.
A 66-year-old cyclist was attacked with a beer bottle and a knife in Lünen after an argument with another cyclist. He escaped, and police are seeking witnesses.
A 31-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries from a stab wound in Göttingen city centre early Sunday. A 29-year-old suspect was provisionally detained.
Two people were injured by knife wounds during an altercation linked to a private celebration in Salzgitter. Police established the identities of the suspected perpetrators.
During an altercation in a Günzburg underpass, one person was allegedly restrained and then threatened with a knife. Criminal police are investigating.
A 45-year-old man allegedly threatened a 24-year-old with two knives and made stabbing motions in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. Two men were seriously injured in the confrontation.
A 41-year-old man was injured in the arm and face with a knife during an altercation in Halle. He underwent emergency surgery and was not in danger of death.
During an altercation at Rathaus Bridge in Berlin, a minor is alleged to have injured another minor in the shoulder with a utility knife. Two minors received outpatient treatment.
A 45-year-old man allegedly injured a 48-year-old man with a knife in a Freital apartment. Earlier, an 85-year-old woman was injured in an attack in a stairwell.
An unidentified man reportedly ran towards a 39-year-old man on a Mannheim river meadow while holding a knife. The man was later slightly injured by pepper spray.
A 35-year-old man is suspected of stabbing with a knife toward a 19-year-old in Stuttgart's Schlossgarten. A woman was lightly injured while intervening.
