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
Three teenagers are alleged to have used a knife to demand valuables from an 18-year-old man near Wetzlar railway station. He was unharmed and fled to an arcade.
During an attempted robbery at a petrol station in Hanover, a man holding a knife demanded cash from an employee. The offence was abandoned; two suspects were provisionally detained and another man remains at large.
A man is alleged to have attacked two men following an argument at an apartment building in Stollberg and later threatened them with a knife. Both sustained minor injuries.
A woman is alleged to have injured a teenager with a knife after an argument at an accommodation facility in Mindelheim. A detention warrant was executed against her.
During a robbery at a petrol station in Eggebek, an offender threatened an employee with a knife and took cash. Two suspected offenders were provisionally arrested following a search.
A 19-year-old man allegedly drew a knife on a commuter train near Schwaigern after fellow passengers confronted him over his loud behaviour. He was arrested after attempting to flee.
Two masked suspects allegedly threatened a petrol station employee in Velbert with knives and stole cash from the till. A search involving a helicopter was unsuccessful.
Two young men suffered life-threatening injuries in a knife attack during an altercation between groups in Gelsenkirchen's municipal park. Three suspects were later released.
Two men are alleged to have threatened a 20-year-old man with a knife in Bochum city centre and robbed him of his jacket and cash. Police are searching for them.
Two wanted men are alleged to have seriously injured a 22-year-old with knife wounds during a robbery on Aachener Straße in Cologne and stolen his watch.
Following a verbal dispute in a Hildesheim supermarket, a 30-year-old man allegedly threatened a 19-year-old with a knife. Police later seized a folded straight razor.
Two men were seriously injured with a knife and a woman was injured by a punch in a violent incident in Sögel. Three suspects have been remanded on suspicion of attempted homicide.
Three unknown offenders allegedly restrained a woman in Linkenheim-Hochstetten and demanded valuables while displaying a folding knife. They fled without any loot.
