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
A 61-year-old man is alleged to have stabbed a police officer multiple times with a knife in Munich. Police said the officer's protective equipment prevented serious injury, and the man was arrested.
Two youths are suspected of threatening a child with a knife in Paderborn in an attempt to obtain the child's bicycle. Police provisionally detained both suspects.
A 44-year-old lorry driver threatened an employee with a kitchen knife at the Bad Camberg service area after a theft. Police arrested him and took him into custody.
In Rathenow, an unidentified man allegedly displayed a knife to four youths after an argument in a park. The youths fled, and a police search was unsuccessful.
Following a dispute between housemates in Adendorf, a man allegedly tried to stab another man with a kitchen knife. The other man sustained minor injuries.
Following a dispute at accommodation in Baden-Baden, a woman is alleged to have injured another woman with a machete. The suspect was provisionally arrested.
A 28-year-old man was seriously injured with a knife during a dispute at a hostel in Norderstedt. Three suspected participants fled before police arrived.
A 40-year-old man allegedly robbed a petrol station in Langenselbold with a knife, slightly injuring a customer and taking cash. A judge ordered him remanded in custody after his arrest.
An unidentified man threatened two employees with a knife at a supermarket in Sankt Augustin and stole cash. He escaped undetected, and no one was injured.
A 45-year-old man allegedly threatened neighbours with a knife in Gütersloh. Following a second police deployment, he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
A group of about eight people allegedly robbed a 53-year-old man at Ziegenmarkt in Bremen. One man held a knife, while the victim was injured and robbed.
