Right-wing extremist crime
Politically motivated crime classed as right-wing (PMK -rechts-), recorded cases per 100,000 inhabitants, 2025
Police in the former East recorded 119 right-wing politically motivated offences per 100,000 inhabitants in 2025, 3.2 times the western rate of 37. The highest rates were in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (145) and Saxony-Anhalt (142); in absolute numbers North Rhine-Westphalia recorded the most cases (6,268). Germany as a whole: 42,544 cases.
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Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·16 states · 2025
Former West
37
excl. Berlin
Former East
119
excl. Berlin
Berlin
82
Germany
51
Figures in per 100,000
The East's figure is 3.2× the West's (2025).
By state
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern145
- Sachsen-Anhalt142
- Brandenburg139
- Thüringen116
- Sachsen85
- Berlin82
- Hamburg81
- Bremen79
- Saarland58
- Schleswig-Holstein49
- Niedersachsen47
- Hessen39
- Nordrhein-Westfalen35
- Rheinland-Pfalz35
- Baden-Württemberg28
- Bayern28
2025
Notes & caveats
- Recorded cases (Fallzahlen) in the police reporting service for politically motivated crime (KPMD-PMK), classified as right-wing, as agreed with the states on 31 January 2026. They match the federal total published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (42,544).
- Cases are counted where the offence was recorded. About two thirds of right-wing cases are propaganda offences (e.g. banned symbols), not violence.
- Rates per 100,000 are our calculation with population on 31.12.2025; the federal government's own rates in the same answer (population on 30.09.2025) agree to within 1.
- Recording practice and police attention differ between states, so rates also reflect how actively offences are reported and pursued.
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| State | Side | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 58 per 100,000 |
| Berlin | berlin | 82 per 100,000 |
| Brandenburg | east | 139 per 100,000 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 145 per 100,000 |
| Sachsen | east | 85 per 100,000 |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 142 per 100,000 |
| Thüringen | east | 116 per 100,000 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 49 per 100,000 |
| Hamburg | west | 81 per 100,000 |
| Niedersachsen | west | 47 per 100,000 |
| Bremen | west | 79 per 100,000 |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 35 per 100,000 |
| Hessen | west | 39 per 100,000 |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 35 per 100,000 |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 28 per 100,000 |
| Bayern | west | 28 per 100,000 |