Crime rates in Germany are falling but sexual offences are significantly on the rise

By&nbspLaura Fleischmann

Published on 20/04/2026 - 20:11 GMT+2

Positive reports are uncommon successful transportation with constabulary transgression statistics. However, Germany's figures for 2025 bespeak a imaginable turnaround: Registered cases of criminality person fallen by 5.6% compared to 2024, with a full of 5.5 cardinal cases recorded.

The fig of suspected offences recorded has truthful fallen significantly. There were noticeably less reports than successful the erstwhile year, peculiarly successful the areas of robbery, thoroughfare transgression and theft. But much worryingly, the figures for homicide and intersexual offences are connected the rise.

Various factors are discussed successful the study arsenic imaginable causes for the decline. Among them, the partial legalisation of cannabis is mentioned arsenic a imaginable influence. A diminution successful migration could besides play a role.

"The measures taken to bounds irregular migration whitethorn person contributed to this," according to the constabulary transgression statistic report.

In 2025, the fig of overseas suspects fell by astir 3%, excluding offences nether migration law. The diminution astir corresponds to that of German suspects.

The fig of offences committed by "immigrants" besides fell by astir 9%, besides excluding offences nether migration law. The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) defines "immigrants" arsenic refugees, irregular immigrants, tolerated persons, persons entitled to asylum and extortion and asylum seekers.

At the aforesaid time, the proportionality of overseas suspects remains precocious wide astatine 35.5%. Immigrants marque up 8.2% of suspects.

There is besides a affirmative inclination successful the fig of suspected offences committed by children and young radical of some German and overseas nationality.

Significantly much execution investigations

Although convulsive transgression fell past year, down by 2.3%, intersexual offences accrued significantly. These see rape, intersexual battle and peculiarly superior intersexual assaults. They roseate by 8.5% to fig 14,500 cases.

According to the BKA, suspects successful rape offences are chiefly radical adjacent to the victim: friends, acquaintances, partners oregon ex-partners. Around 98% of the alleged perpetrators were antheral and according to a tract survey by the BKA, the reporting complaint for intersexual offences is low, astatine lone astir 6%.

Cases of "murder, manslaughter and sidesplitting connected demand" person besides risen, by 6.5% to 2,450 cases. Offences against the Weapons Act besides increased, by 5.5% to 37,500 cases.

At astir 3 quarters, men marque up the bulk of suspects. They are besides much often represented among the victims: 58% are male, 42% female.

The statistic lone screen constabulary investigations truthful nary conclusions tin beryllium drawn astir convictions oregon the existent fig of offenders. The survey besides does not see cases that are not reported.