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 woman is alleged to have threatened her partner in Salzgitter with a bread knife during an argument. The man suffered a minor injury when he grabbed the blade.
A 37-year-old man was seriously but not life-threateningly injured by the use of a knife during a dispute involving three people in an Erfurt apartment.
Following an argument in Neckarpark in Schwenningen, an unidentified man allegedly attacked and slightly injured a 23-year-old with scissors. The suspect fled.
Following a dispute at Limburg's ZOB Nord bus station, a minor allegedly injured a 35-year-old man in the leg with a knife. The injured man was treated in hospital.
A masked man threatened an 18-year-old employee with a knife and demanded cash at a betting shop in Wesel. He fled after the robbery, and police are seeking witnesses.
Following an attempted cherry theft, a man allegedly tried to stab a market-stall operator in the legs with a knife, police said. The operator was not hit.
During a dispute at an Augsburg restaurant, one of two suspects allegedly threatened a 31-year-old man with what appeared to be a knife. Two men sustained minor injuries in a subsequent physical confrontation.
A 34-year-old man threatened police officers in Alsdorf with two knives after barricading himself in an apartment following an argument. A special police unit then took him into custody unharmed.
Four unidentified youths allegedly threatened a boy with a knife and demanded cash in VS-Schwenningen. They fled after finding nothing of value on him.
An unidentified man threatened an employee at a fashion store in Hamburg with a knife and stole cash. He fled, and the initial police search did not locate him.
A 19-year-old man suffered knife cuts to his arms during a private dispute outside workers' accommodation in Memmingerberg. A 27-year-old suspect was remanded in custody.
