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
During a dispute at a kebab shop in Altenburg, a 53-year-old threatened a 33-year-old with a utility knife. The threatened man then struck him with a beer bottle.
During an argument involving four people in Wiesbaden, a man allegedly stabbed toward a 31-year-old with a knife. The man was not injured by the knife.
In Dorsten, a 37-year-old man is suspected of attacking his mother and assaulting her partner with a knife. Both were injured, and the suspect was arrested.
Two unknown people allegedly injured a 50-year-old man in the face with a knife in a supermarket car park in Oldenburg. The suspects fled and police are seeking witnesses.
After an alleged theft at a Bad Homburg drugstore, a man thrust a knife toward a store detective. The detective was not hit, and the man fled with his companion.
A 27-year-old man allegedly threatened several employees at a Lüneburg hotel business with a knife and obtained valuables and cash. He was remanded in custody.
A 33-year-old man allegedly injured a 46-year-old woman in the legs with a kitchen knife after an argument at accommodation in Achern. Police provisionally detained him after he fled.
A 28-year-old man was seriously injured by a knife stab during a confrontation between two groups in Wulfsen. Another man sustained minor injuries, and one suspect was provisionally detained.
Following an argument in Frankenthal, a 30-year-old man allegedly threatened his 61-year-old neighbour with a kitchen knife. Police temporarily detained him.
During a dispute at the Hildesheimer Börde motorway service area, a man allegedly seriously injured his opponent with a knife. The victim was taken to hospital.
Several unidentified offenders allegedly attacked a 38-year-old man in Berlin’s Österreichpark and injured him with a pointed instrument. They fled without any stolen property.
