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.
Area statesCity states
Result for the selected indicatorData table and sources
Following an argument at an accommodation facility in Hessisch Lichtenau, a 24-year-old man allegedly fatally stabbed a 27-year-old man. The suspect was arrested after a search.
In a Nuremberg flat, a 27-year-old man allegedly threatened a flatmate with a knife and made a stabbing motion towards his upper body. A visitor suffered a superficial hand injury while intervening.
A masked man threatened two women with a knife in Baunatal and demanded their handbags. He fled without taking anything after the women called for help.
Two masked teenagers allegedly threatened a woman with a sword during a robbery-related extortion in Lingen. A neighbour was unharmed in a further incident at the same apartment building.
A 42-year-old man allegedly threatened a 35-year-old woman with a knife in Murr despite a restraining order. Police provisionally detained him after he fled.
Following a dispute at accommodation in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, a 29-year-old man is suspected of injuring a 51-year-old with a knife. A warrant has been issued for the suspect's arrest.
A man allegedly threatened people with a kitchen knife at a beverage shop in Frankfurt-Niederursel while demanding a free alcoholic drink. Police later arrested him.
Following a traffic dispute, two men attacked another man on the Rochusberg in Bingen with a metal bar and a knife. The victim was injured and the attackers fled.
During an altercation outside a beverage store in Tirschenreuth, a man injured another man with a machete. An arrest warrant was issued for the suspected attacker.
A man was seriously and critically injured in a stabbing near the Sternhaus in Wolfenbüttel. Police are investigating on suspicion of attempted manslaughter and are seeking witnesses.
