The number of crimes in Germany has increased by 5.5 percent increased by six million. The number of violent crimes has reached 215,000 cases, the highest level in 15 years.
Child and juvenile crime is growing, and there is a significant increase in foreign crime by 14.5%. The question quickly came from the press: Has Germany become less safe due to migration? “There is no such equation. More immigration does not automatically mean more crime,” says BKA boss Holger Münch.. The crime statistics show extremely unpleasant trends, but experts make it clear that they have to be interpreted correctly, says Hans-Joachim Watzke, a criminologist at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. The statistics show that the number of suspects for non-German people is put in relation to the increase in the population group with non- German citizenship, he says. This corresponds to the assessment of the BKA, says Watzkke. The increase in child and youth crime needs to be urgently monitored and addressed.