Overview
- Of 3.1 million recorded crimes in 2024, 331,308 cases—about 11 percent—involved at least one migrant suspect, the BKA report shows.
- Syrian and Afghan nationals are markedly overrepresented among suspects across several categories, with much higher per‑capita suspect rates than Germans according to Bild’s calculations.
- The overall number of migrant suspects fell 3.6 percent, a decline the BKA links chiefly to cannabis policy effects in drug, theft and fraud categories, while violent and homicide offenses increased.
- Migrants were frequently victimized, with 70,051 victims recorded—mostly bodily injuries—with high shares among people from Syria, Ukraine and Afghanistan and a predominantly female share in sexual offenses.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the government is preparing returns to Afghanistan and Syria for criminal offenders and security threats.