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3w ago

Property Theft Up 20% at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof While Violent Crime Stabilizes

Quattro-Streifen patrols have intensified security measures under newly extended weapon and alcohol bans through expanded screenings alongside item confiscations

Eine „Quattro-Streife“ aus Sicherheitskräften der Bundes- und Landespolizei, der Hochbahn-Wache und der DB-Sicherheit
Die Polizei überprüft die Einhaltung des Waffenverbots am Hauptbahnhof (Archivbild).

Overview

  • Violent crimes at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof numbered 296 in the first half of 2025, nearly unchanged from 290 in the same period last year.
  • Property crimes rose by about 20 percent, climbing from 1,304 to 1,570 reported cases in H1 2025.
  • Quattro-Streifen patrols carried out 8,237 person checks, lodged 294 charges and seized 311 knives plus 68 other prohibited items over the first six months of 2025.
  • A weapons prohibition introduced in October 2023 has been extended across the local transport network and joined by an alcohol ban and forecourt video surveillance.
  • Hamburg Hauptbahnhof serves around 500,000 passengers daily and ranks below Leipzig, Dortmund, Köln and München in violent crime among Germany’s busiest stations.