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 21-year-old man was taken to hospital with a stab wound to the torso after an altercation on Danziger Straße in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. The other participant fled by car.
Following a dispute at a birthday party in Wuppertal, a teenager is alleged to have injured another teenager with a knife. The suspect was provisionally arrested after a search.
Six masked offenders robbed a discount store in Duisburg. They were armed with a machete, and two employees were attacked and received medical treatment.
A 36-year-old man threatened relatives with a knife during a gathering in Rüdesheim am Rhein. The relatives disarmed him, and police later took him into custody.
During an argument at a birthday celebration in Remscheid, a teenager is suspected of injuring another teenager with a knife. The injured teenager underwent emergency surgery, and the suspect was later provisionally detained.
A 40-year-old man was injured in the abdomen with a knife following an argument in Nuremberg-Wöhrd. The unidentified attacker fled, and criminal police are investigating.
A 61-year-old man was injured in the torso with a knife at shared accommodation in Berlin-Lichterfelde and underwent emergency surgery. A 69-year-old suspect was arrested as investigators examine suspected attempted homicide.
A 26-year-old man threatened emergency responders with a kitchen knife in Brandenburg an der Havel. Police later restrained him in his home; he is also suspected of having robbed someone of a mobile phone earlier.
A 40-year-old man is alleged to have been stabbed in the abdomen with a pointed object in Coswig and seriously injured. The accused was arrested and remanded in custody after a warrant was issued.
After an argument at Heinsberg bus station, a man is reported to have held a folding knife threateningly towards another man. The other man ran away, and police seized the knife.
