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
Two minors were injured during an altercation involving several people in Gera. Police said that a pair of scissors, a baseball bat and belts were among the objects used.
An unknown man threatened a delivery worker at Schifferstadt main station with a utility knife and demanded cash and a phone. When the man refused, he suffered a superficial cut injury.
During a family dispute in Eisleben, a 22-year-old man is alleged to have injured his 51-year-old mother with a paring knife. She was taken to a clinic for medical treatment.
An unidentified man is suspected of robbing and lightly injuring a man with a knife at Albertplatz in Dresden. A woman who tried to mediate in the dispute was also lightly injured.
A 65-year-old man is alleged to have seriously injured a 59-year-old man with a knife during an altercation in Augsburg. An investigating judge ordered his remand in custody on suspicion of attempted manslaughter.
Two suspects are alleged to have robbed a man in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg after one of them threatened him with a machete. Warrants were executed against both men.
Following an argument, a man allegedly made a stabbing motion with a knife towards another man in Neuendettelsau. The targeted man was uninjured and the suspect was provisionally detained.
A 26-year-old man allegedly threatened police officers with a knife in Stralsund. No one was injured, and the man was provisionally taken into custody.
A masked young man allegedly threatened a petrol station employee in Cologne with a knife and demanded cash. He fled empty-handed after being told about cameras.
A man threatened an employee with a knife at a petrol station in Euskirchen and demanded the day's takings. Police arrested him and recovered the knife.
