Politically motivated criminal offenses in Germany 2001-203, by type

¹ Newly defined since January 1, 2017. A direct comparison between numbers from 2017 and previous years is possible only in a limited capacity. Mainly includes criminal offenses which occurred until 2016 as politically motivated crimes against foreigners, recorded under the topic “Islamism/Fundamentalism”.

² The crimes recorded by the police in the respective reporting year are shown. They are thus statistically recorded as soon as there is initial suspicion. The police crime statistics (PKS), on the other hand, are initial statistics. They show the crimes that were made known to the police and finally processed by them in the respective reporting year, including attempts that are punishable and drug offenses that are processed by customs. Statistical recording only takes place when the data is submitted to the public prosecutor's office.

Older values ​​were partly taken from corresponding previous year publications.