Overview

• The Bundespolizei recorded 14,047 violent incidents at train stations and on trains in the first half of 2025, up from 13,543 in the same period of 2024.
• Weapons offences climbed from 589 to 808 cases and property-damage incidents rose to 17,595 according to police input statistics.
• Drug offences fell to 4,475 and overall property crimes declined to 26,613, while sexual offences edged down to 1,076 in H1 2025.
• Knife-attack tallies showed 68 incidents on trains—up from 65—and 244 at stations, down slightly from 251 a year earlier.
• Lawmakers and police unions have called for more Bundespolizei patrols, temporary weapons and alcohol bans, and pilot AI facial-recognition systems at major rail hubs.