In 2023, 540 crimes were committed against officials and elected officials in Baden-Württemberg. This is an increase of 40 percent compared to the previous year.
Greens were the target of 155 crimes (previous year: 61), followed by SPD (72) and FDP (68) The fewest attacks were recorded against the CDU (20, previous year: 22) and the Left (9) AfD politicians were violently attacked seven times, including four physical injuries.. A person close to the FDP was the. target of a violent crime involving robbery or extortion. The number of attacks on representatives and members of political parties also increased significantly in the state. The increase may also be due to a change in reporting behavior, according to the Ministry of the Interior, which said 373 acts took place on the internet - almost twice as many as in 2022. It was not possible to find a perpetrator or a motive in the shooting of a farmer in Hattenhofen last year.