Overview
- Interior Ministry figures provided to the Left party record 2,194 homeless victims nationwide in 2024, up from just over 2,180 in 2023 and 1,986 in 2022.
- The tally equates to roughly six attacks per day across the country.
- City breakdowns include nearly 500 cases in Berlin and 221 in Hamburg, with further counts in Munich (126), Frankfurt (107), Düsseldorf (75) and Cologne (65).
- More than three quarters of victims are male and suspects are over 90 percent male, with an overall clearance rate around 72.8–73 percent and higher rates for bodily injury than property damage.
- Critics highlight missing data on offender motives and temperature-related deaths; Left party lawmaker Sahra Mirow urges safe housing and victim counseling, while Housing Minister Verena Hubertz has set a 2030 target to end homelessness.