Number of criminal acts by foreigners Germany 2001-2023

* Figures until 2016 refer to the area of “politically motivated foreigner crime”. The areas politically motivated foreign ideology and politically motivated religious ideology were newly established on January 1, 2017. Direct comparison between case figures for 2017 with those of previous years is possible only in a limited capacity. The since 2017 newly defined area of politically motivated crime with religious ideology mainly includes criminal offenses which were recorded in the area of politically motivated foreigner crime under the heading “Islamism/ Fundamentalism” until 2016. 

** 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.