North Rhine-Westphalia recorded a sharp rise in politically motivated crimes targeting the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2025, with more than 1,000 offences reported, according to figures released by the state government in response to a parliamentary inquiry by AfD lawmaker Markus Wagner.
The data also show that several investigations into attacks on AfD-linked premises in the western German city of Wuppertal were discontinued after prosecutors failed to identify suspects or concrete leads.
