Recorded crime
All recorded criminal offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2025
Police recorded 6,872 offences per 100,000 people in the eastern states in 2025 and 6,023 in the West. Berlin (13,642) has the highest rate of any state, Bavaria (4,144) the lowest.
< 4,032 per 100k4,032 per 100k5,695 per 100k7,358 per 100k9,020 per 100k≥ 10,683 per 100k
Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·401 districts · 2025
Former West
6,023 per 100k
excl. Berlin
Former East
6,872 per 100k
excl. Berlin
Berlin
13,642 per 100k
Germany
6,485 per 100k
The East stands at 114% of the West's level (2025).
By state
- Berlin13,642 per 100k
- Bremen13,355 per 100k
- Hamburg11,196 per 100k
- Sachsen-Anhalt8,077 per 100k
- Nordrhein-Westfalen7,438 per 100k
- Thüringen6,820 per 100k
- Sachsen6,644 per 100k
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern6,571 per 100k
- Brandenburg6,455 per 100k
- Saarland6,447 per 100k
- Niedersachsen6,134 per 100k
- Schleswig-Holstein6,046 per 100k
- Hessen5,878 per 100k
- Rheinland-Pfalz5,384 per 100k
- Baden-Württemberg4,842 per 100k
- Bayern4,144 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 | 6,447 per 100k |
| Berlin | berlin | 13,642 per 100k |
| Brandenburg | east | 6,455 per 100k |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 6,571 per 100k |
| Sachsen | east | 6,644 per 100k |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 8,077 per 100k |
| Thüringen | east | 6,820 per 100k |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 6,046 per 100k |
| Hamburg | west | 11,196 per 100k |
| Niedersachsen | west | 6,134 per 100k |
| Bremen | west | 13,355 per 100k |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 7,438 per 100k |
| Hessen | west | 5,878 per 100k |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 5,384 per 100k |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 4,842 per 100k |
| Bayern | west | 4,144 per 100k |