The city states of Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen were the states with the three highest crime rates in Germany in 2024, while the federal state of Bavaria had the lowest. Urban areas generally have higher crime rates than rural ones, making it difficult to compare Germany's three city states with the much larger federal states, which typically cover quite large areas. The federal state with the highest crime rate was Bremen at 14,998 crimes per 100 thousand people, compared with the German average of 6,995.

In 2024, around 7,060 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants were recorded by the police in Germany. This means that the so-called frequency rate or crime rate rose for the third year in a row, but due to a change in the basis for calculation, it is only comparable with previous years to a limited extent.* The years between 2010 and 2015 saw an increase in the crime rate, but after 2015, the recent trend of declining crime started, leading to the generally low figures seen in the most recent years. While the uptick in the crime rate in 2022 marks a negative turn compared with these years, the overall crime rate is still much lower on average than in previous decades. Crime rate highest in cities Germany’s sixteen states are made up of thirteen federal states, and three city states; Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. These three city states had the highest regional crime rates in Germany, due to only covering urban areas which usually have higher crime rates than rural areas. The large federal state of Bavaria, in the southeast of Germany, had the lowest crime rate in the country at 4,698 crimes per 100,000 people in 2020. Baden-Württemberg, home to the black forest and the city of Stuttgart had the second-lowest crime rate per 100 thousand people in this year, at 4,944.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for Berlin Police Department (City) in Maryland, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of crimes per 100,000 inhabitants were on a downward trend reaching its lowest level in 2021, although this was likely due to the lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, crime rates have risen again. In 2023, the police recorded roughly **** criminal offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. Youth criminal suspects Since the number of crimes is increasing, so is the number of suspects. Concerningly, the number of juvenile suspects has seen a rather significant increase and is currently at its ************ since 2016. Suspects who are considered in the juvenile category are aged 14 to 17 years old. In Germany, children under the age of 14 cannot be prosecuted and if they commit a crime, then social services usually step in to try and help. In general, punishments for those convicted are much more lenient as it is often considered that due to their age, they may not have been aware of the repercussions of their actions. For example, regardless of the crime committed, no child under the age of 18 can be tried as an adult. In contrast, in England and Wales, there were around ***** people aged between 15 and 20 in prison. Crimes solving rate With a higher crime rate, it is also important to consider how many crimes are solved. Once a crime is solved, the hope is that the victim can get some type of closure and answers, and also that the perpetrator faces justice for the crimes they committed. In 2023, the police solved around **** million crimes in Germany and for the past three years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of crimes solved. Some cases are, of course, easier to solve than others. Crimes of arson and other fire-hazard-related crimes had a comparably low clearance rate at around ** percent. In contrast, drug-related offenses were much more frequently solved. Even though 2023 saw the lowest clearance rate in 20 years, it was still at ** percent.

The data set describes bicycle thefts and cellar/floor burglaries known to the police with a bicycle as the property obtained in Berlin/Germany

Context

Based on the Berlin police crime statistics (data warehouse management information), daily updated data on bicycle theft crimes is made available at the planning area level. This includes the data for the current year up to the day before the update as well as the data for the entire previous year, provided the time of the offense (for offense periods) can be narrowed down to a maximum of three days.

Acknowledgements

OpenData Berlin https://daten.berlin.de/datensaetze/fahrraddiebstahl-berlin CC BY 4.0

Context

Berlin is a special city, multicultural city. And the crime image is special there.

Content

For example there are no bloody drug wars, ghetto or neighborhoods where police afraid to get. Crimes like "deprivation of liberty" and "treat" are in one column. But "larceny" - separated to 4 categories: theft of bikes, of auto, from auto (sic!) and rest kind of theft. Particular column for "Damage to property due graffiti" (Sach-beschädigung durch Graffiti (sic!). Numbers of crimes are connected with every single neighborhood of Berlin's part. Statistics covering period of 2012 - 2019 years.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks for assistance in translation to Alexei Klaus and Benjamin Proksch, Germany.

Inspiration

Questions to community: 1) what part of Berlin is most dangerous? 2) what crimes are growing? 3) what crimes are going low? 4) would be great to build Folium based heatmap.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for Berlin Police Department (City) in Massachusetts, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

The number of criminal offenses recorded in Germany fluctuated during the specified period. In 2023, around 5.94 million crimes were registered, compared to 6.33 million in 2015. The data are based on police criminal statistics, which are compiled by the Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt). The statistics include all criminal offenses known to the police, as well as attempts to commit a crime. Not included are minor breaches of the law, crimes against the state and traffic offenses.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for State Police: Berlin (State Police) in Vermont, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for New Berlin Police Department (City) in Wisconsin, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

In 2023, German police registered around 214,100 cases of violent crime, which was a large increase compared with the year before. During the specified period, figures peaked in 2007. Violent crimes are characterized by the use of force or even weapons on a victim.

Among all criminal offenses recorded in Germany in 2023, simple theft had the highest share at 19.7 percent. Fraud and aggravated theft rounded up the top three.

On the basis of police history statistics (data warehouse management information), data on bicycle theft offences are made available on a daily basis at the level of the planning rooms. The data for the current year up to the day before the update as well as the data for the entire previous year are included, provided that the crime time (in the case of crime periods) can be limited to a maximum of three days.

Crimes and social-demographic characteristics of criminals. Topics: Year of birth; sex; offense; occupation; qualification; detention awaiting trial and its duration; number of relapses; influence of alcohol; degree of organization of criminal; decision; district.

Comparable study "Crime Data Halle 1987" archived under ZA Study No. 6446.

In 2023, the German police had recorded around 161,000 young adult crime suspects. This was an increase compared to the previous year, at 171,400 thousand suspects.

In 2023, the German police had recorded around 234,581 young adult crime suspects. This was an increase compared to the previous year, at 221,330 suspects.

The share of non-German crime suspects in Germany was 41.1 percent in 2023. This was an increase compared to the previous year. Figures fluctuated during the specified time period, peaking in 2023.

In 2023, there were 299 murder victims in Germany. This was an increase compared to the previous year, with 264 victims. The data only includes completed criminal acts.

In 2023, police in Germany solved 92.3 percent of murder cases. The clearance rate for murder cases during the specified time period remained high.