Overview
- An analysis of state police figures found at least 85,000 politically motivated offences in 2025, more than double the roughly 39,000 recorded in 2015 and higher than the 2024 total.
- Politically motivated violence edged up to 4,156 cases in 2025, with investigators attributing about 1,598 violent offences to the right and 1,087 to the left, the latter rising by roughly 42.6 percent year on year.
- The overall composition shifted: right-wing acts remain the largest single share at about 42,000 cases while left-wing offences grew fastest, rising roughly 35 percent to more than 13,000 recorded incidents.
- The data show concentrated hotspots and targets, including 121 attacks on AfD officials in 2025 with 103 suspected left-wing perpetrators and 73 politically motivated crimes against refugees outside shelters in Q1 2026 that included 23 violent attacks and 16 injuries.
- Officials link the rise to the polarized 2025 federal campaign, spillover from international crises and increased reporting; missing figures from one state and uneven recording practices mean federal agencies are expected to publish updated national totals and the trend could drive tougher policing and online-radicalization measures.