Attacks on police
Recorded resistance against and assaults on police and other enforcement officers per 100,000 inhabitants, 2025
Police recorded 54 cases of resistance or assault against officers per 100,000 people in the eastern states in 2025, against 48.5 in the West. Berlin (122.6) has the highest rate.
< 30.9 per 100k30.9 per 100k49.8 per 100k68.8 per 100k87.7 per 100k≥ 106.7 per 100k
Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·401 districts · 2025
Former West
48.5 per 100k
excl. Berlin
Former East
54.0 per 100k
excl. Berlin
Berlin
122.6 per 100k
Germany
52.6 per 100k
The East stands at 111% of the West's level (2025).
By state
- Berlin122.6 per 100k
- Bremen113.4 per 100k
- Hamburg82.8 per 100k
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern67.3 per 100k
- Thüringen56.7 per 100k
- Nordrhein-Westfalen55.8 per 100k
- Sachsen-Anhalt55.2 per 100k
- Schleswig-Holstein51.4 per 100k
- Niedersachsen50.9 per 100k
- Brandenburg49.9 per 100k
- Sachsen49.3 per 100k
- Saarland48.3 per 100k
- Baden-Württemberg46.1 per 100k
- Bayern38.4 per 100k
- Hessen38.2 per 100k
- Rheinland-Pfalz38.0 per 100k
2025
Notes & caveats
- The police crime statistics count offences that come to police attention. Reporting habits and police priorities differ between states, so part of any difference may reflect reporting rather than how much crime happens.
- East, West and state rates are our calculation from district cases and the BKA's district rates.
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| State | Side | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 48.3 per 100k |
| Berlin | berlin | 122.6 per 100k |
| Brandenburg | east | 49.9 per 100k |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 67.3 per 100k |
| Sachsen | east | 49.3 per 100k |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 55.2 per 100k |
| Thüringen | east | 56.7 per 100k |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 51.4 per 100k |
| Hamburg | west | 82.8 per 100k |
| Niedersachsen | west | 50.9 per 100k |
| Bremen | west | 113.4 per 100k |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 55.8 per 100k |
| Hessen | west | 38.2 per 100k |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 38.0 per 100k |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 46.1 per 100k |
| Bayern | west | 38.4 per 100k |