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 year2025
Federal states compared · 2025
Cases through December 31, 2025
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 %
491 Cases · 4.37 Cases per 100,000 residents
Bavaria
13,260,815 Population
15.88 %26.18 %2.98 %
382 Cases · 2.88 Cases per 100,000 residents
Berlin
3,701,307 Population
4.43 %35.45 %5.21 %
196 Cases · 5.30 Cases per 100,000 residents
Brandenburg
2,552,851 Population
3.06 %10.07 %2.96 %
72 Cases · 2.82 Cases per 100,000 residents
Bremen
706,901 Population
0.85 %40.03 %6.62 %
80 Cases · 11.32 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 %
352 Cases · 5.60 Cases per 100,000 residents
Lower Saxony
8,002,922 Population
9.58 %22.62 %4.24 %
314 Cases · 3.92 Cases per 100,000 residents
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
1,567,290 Population
1.88 %8.61 %3.34 %
69 Cases · 4.40 Cases per 100,000 residents
North Rhine-Westphalia
17,999,392 Population
21.55 %30.14 %4.40 %
847 Cases · 4.71 Cases per 100,000 residents
Rhineland-Palatinate
4,124,910 Population
4.94 %25.87 %3.51 %
172 Cases · 4.17 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saarland
1,008,047 Population
1.21 %24.11 %5.35 %
18 Cases · 1.79 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saxony
4,024,188 Population
4.82 %10.49 %3.41 %
141 Cases · 3.50 Cases per 100,000 residents
Saxony-Anhalt
2,121,638 Population
2.54 %9.95 %3.69 %
79 Cases · 3.72 Cases per 100,000 residents
Schleswig-Holstein
2,959,859 Population
3.54 %19.29 %4.03 %
121 Cases · 4.09 Cases per 100,000 residents
Thuringia
2,081,288 Population
2.49 %10.19 %3.49 %
100 Cases · 4.80 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 24-year-old man is alleged to have injured a 23-year-old resident with a knife at an accommodation facility in Gladenbach. He has been remanded in custody.
An unknown man allegedly demanded cash while displaying a knife at a petrol station and a supermarket in Eisenach. He received money in one case and fled.
A 55-year-old woman was killed by multiple knife wounds in Unkenbach. A detention order was issued against a 19-year-old suspect on suspicion of manslaughter.
A man held a knife while robbing medication from a pharmacy in Zwickau. Two employees were unharmed, and police took the suspect into custody after he fled.
A man is alleged to have stabbed a caretaker in the abdomen with a kitchen knife at an accommodation facility in Meschede. The victim remained in critical condition after emergency surgery.
A teenager allegedly attacked a peer in a Berlin park and mentioned a knife he was carrying to the victim. The injured teenager received outpatient treatment.
A man and other alleged suspects are accused of pursuing and assaulting a victim in a Frankfurt city park before robbing him while displaying an object fitted with razor blades. A 23-year-old man is in pre-trial detention.
Three men allegedly threatened two people with knives, assaulted them and robbed them in Oppenau. The attackers fled, and criminal police are investigating on suspicion of aggravated robbery.
Following a relationship dispute in Frankfurt, a 53-year-old woman is alleged to have injured her 48-year-old former partner with a knife. Both people involved were injured and arrested.
A 45-year-old resident of an accommodation facility is alleged to have approached four children in Jürgenstorf while holding a knife. The children were not injured.
During a dispute near a youth centre in Bruchköbel, a man is alleged to have attacked a teenage girl and drawn a knife. Police said no one was injured based on current information.
