The number of crimes committed in Germany has risen to its highest rate since 2012, according to the federal police’s report on crime in 2023. According to the report, released on Monday, August 19th, the total number of crimes was 790,245 last year.
Announcing the report at a press conference on Monday, federal police chief Dieter Romann added a shocking number to the already distressing figures, saying that “in relation to the total population, non-Germans are statistically six times more likely to resort to knives in an attack than German citizens. And in sexual crimes, it is seven times more likely.”
