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 teenager was threatened with a knife during a street robbery in Bremen. The offender thrust toward his upper body, damaging only his jacket, and fled with a mobile phone.
During a dispute in a residential building in Karlsruhe, a man allegedly attacked a neighbour with a kitchen knife. The neighbour sustained minor injuries and the suspect was arrested.
During a traffic stop in Walldorf, a driver is alleged to have approached police officers with a knife. After pepper spray and warning shots were used, officers fired shots and the man was seriously injured.
Following a dispute on a long-distance bus near Himmelkron, a passenger is suspected of threatening another traveller with a knife. Another passenger took the knife away and sustained minor cuts.
Federal police arrested a 35-year-old man on the A64 motorway under a pre-trial detention warrant for attempted homicide. He is suspected of inflicting a stab wound to a victim's neck with a folding knife.
A 27-year-old man is alleged to have threatened a man with a knife and demanded cash in Frankfurt-Unterliederbach. He allegedly attacked two women who intervened, fled without taking anything and was arrested shortly afterwards.
A masked man is alleged to have attacked a 27-year-old at a cemetery in Steinbach and injured his leg with a knife. The suspect fled and police are continuing to search for him.
A man was injured on the upper arm during a family dispute in Selm. Initial findings suggest that a knife may have caused the injury; a suspect was arrested.
A man is alleged to have demanded money from a minor at knifepoint on an ICE train in Regensburg. The teenager resisted, and the suspect was later arrested and remanded in custody.
A 21-year-old man suffered a superficial back injury from a pointed object near the Luisenfest in Wuppertal. Police are investigating whether a nearby altercation was connected to the incident.
