Overview
- Police recorded 213,596 offenses for the year, with declines registered across all seven districts and the steepest drops in Harburg, Mitte and Altona.
- Violent crime fell 5.4% to 8,514 cases as robberies decreased and incidents involving knives and firearms declined to their lowest knife levels since 2019 tracking began.
- Reported rapes rose 11.9% to 319 cases, with the interior authority noting a prior relationship in more than 80% of incidents.
- Total vehicle thefts fell sharply, including a 34.5% drop in complete thefts, which officials credit to the LKA’s ‘Panthera’ unit launched in August 2024 and to weapons restrictions introduced for public events and the public transport network.
- Authorities flagged rising computer fraud tied to cashless payments and PKS recording changes, while the BDK cautioned that partial cannabis legalization and unreported crime limit what the statistics reveal about overall safety.