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 as a result of migration? “There is no such equation. More immigration does not automatically mean more crime,” says BKA boss Holger Münch. “When migration dynamics are high, as we have had in recent years, the success of integration decreases,’ says the SPD's domestic policy spokesman, Sebastian Hartmann. The crime statistics show extremely unpleasant trends, but experts make it clear that they have to be interpreted correctly, says Hans-Joachim Watzke, head of the BKA's crime unit in Berlin, in an interview with IPPEN. The BKA chief: “The economic strain is high. For the first time, inflation was perceived as a major problem among the population.”