In 2024, German police registered around 217,277 cases of violent crime. Cases of violent crime have increased considerably in recent years. During the specified period, figures peaked in 2007. Violent crimes are characterized by the use of force or even weapons on a victim.

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.

Notes for publication The table presented is based on the data from the Police Crime Statistics (PKS) of the State of Schleswig-Holstein. These are the results of the police investigation before handing them over to the public prosecutor's office or the court. The PKS contains the illegal offences that have become known to the police, including the attempts threatened with punishment, the number of suspects identified and a number of other information on cases, victims or suspects. The data refer to a closed reporting year and are published annually for the previous calendar year. ##Table-specific information: Table 61 (Non-German suspects (according to the reason for the stay in Germany). This dataset contains figures on non-German suspects according to the reason for their stay in Schleswig-Holstein, which were recorded in the corresponding reporting year. ##Structure of the table The following columns are included: - Key number of the offence - Crime key number (key of the respective offences or sum key) - Offence - plain text of the offence or the sum key - Gender - Division into male and female and total - Total number of suspects - Total number of suspects - Non-German suspects - Divided into number of non-German suspects, percentage of total suspects and number of authorised/not authorised stays - Reason for authorised stay - Suspects after authorised stay - The preceding number in brackets (1) – (12) denotes the column numbering. Character set: Western European (Windows – 1252/WinLatin 1)

Information on German multiple offences suspects (disaggregation by offence, total number of suspects, by gender, by age and by frequency of police registration)

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for German Township, Clark County Police Department (City) in Ohio, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

In 2023, police in Germany solved **** percent of crimes. Figures fluctuated slightly during recent years, but were higher than the crime clearance rate in the 1990s.

Information on non-German suspects per city (disaggregation by crime, total number of suspects, sex, age)

Panel data on the crime rate of burglary and the clearance rate of the police at the regional level in Germany from 2013 to 2017. Data was retrieved from the annual crime report (PKS) of the German Federal Police (BKA).

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for German Township, Montgomery County Police Department (City) in Ohio, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

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.

Time series Information on German suspects (disaggregation by offence, number of female suspects by age)

Information on German suspects (breakdown by offence, total number of suspects, by sex, by age)

In 2023, when it came to white-collar crime German police had a clearance rate of **** percent. This was the lowest clearance rate since 2013.

Information on the proportion of male and female non-German suspects in the total number of identified suspects (without regard to nationality) both for the offences as a whole and for each individual type of offence. Furthermore, a distinction is made between non-German suspects who are illegally or legally resident in the Federal Republic of Germany and the reason for the permitted stay.

In 2024, the German police had recorded around ******* young adult crime suspects. This was a decrease compared to the previous year, at ******* suspects.

In 2023, German police recorded around 612,960 cases of bodily harm. Numbers fluctuated during the specified time period.

Time series Information on German suspects (breakdown by offence, total number of suspects, by sex, by age)

Time series Information on non-German suspects (breakdown by offence, total number of suspects, by sex, by age)

Information on German suspects aged 60 and over (breakdown by offences, total number of suspects, by sex, by age) per federal state

In 2023, German police recorded around **** million cases of theft crime in the country. These included ****** cases of burglary with housebreaking. Theft crimes were among the most reported in Germany.