Overview
- The federal response to an AfD parliamentary query said police recorded 751 group‑rape cases in 2025, affecting 772 victims, most of whom were women and held German citizenship.
- The number comes from a Sonderauswertung, a special evaluation of the police crime statistics, because “group rape” is not a separate offence category in the database and cases were identified by an ad hoc classification.
- Incidents were concentrated in a few states, with Nordrhein‑Westfalen (161), Berlin (118) and Niedersachsen (113) reporting the largest counts, and Berlin showing the highest rate per resident.
- The special evaluation shows 53% of recorded suspects did not hold German citizenship, listing notable nationalities such as 110 from Syria and 64 from Afghanistan, while authorities also report that 72% of cleared suspects were already known to police.
- Political reaction has pushed for faster trials, harsher penalties and deportations of foreign offenders, while experts and officials warn the figures have limits for comparison and that underreporting and the recording method complicate linking the data directly to migration policy.