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 women injured each other with sharp objects during a dispute in an apartment in Neubrandenburg. One of them was taken to hospital for medical treatment.
Following an attempted backpack theft, an unidentified man threatened a 20-year-old man with a knife near Mainz's Rhine riverbank and fled without any loot.
Following a dispute in a supermarket car park in Burg auf Fehmarn, a 20-year-old man is alleged to have injured a 25-year-old man in the arm with a knife.
During a dispute between two groups outside a nightclub in Soest, a person allegedly drew a knife. Three suspects stopped by police were injured, while another group fled.
After an attack on a 33-year-old man and two helpers in Offenbach, an assailant allegedly drew an object resembling a pointed or cutting implement and threatened the three injured men with it.
A 26-year-old man is alleged to have displayed a knife and demanded cash from a teenage girl at Mannheim central station. Criminal police identified the suspect.
A 51-year-old man is alleged to have seriously injured a 40-year-old man with a knife in Zweibrücken. Both men received medical treatment and the suspect was remanded in custody.
A 47-year-old man allegedly threatened a group of youths with a kitchen knife after a dispute in Aachen. The youths were uninjured and police seized the knife.
At a bus stop in Marl, a man is alleged to have threatened an 18-year-old with a knife and robbed him of cash. Two suspects were provisionally detained.
During an altercation at Jena Göschwitz station, a teenage girl is alleged to have threatened a girl with a knife. The girl was also punched and kicked and was taken to an emergency department with minor injuries.
A 48-year-old man allegedly injured a 30-year-old in the face with a utility knife after a dispute near the Lahn riverbank in Gießen. The injured man was taken to hospital.
A 28-year-old man threatened passers-by, neighbours and later police officers with a kitchen knife in Steinheim an der Murr. He was provisionally arrested and nobody was injured.
