Latest news Germany: Right-wing extremist crimes have risen to a record high
The number of right-wing extremist crimes in Germany reached a new high last year. This is according to an answer from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, reported the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) newspapers on Monday.
06.01.2025, 01:25
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The answer was given in response to a question from the Left Party group in the Bundestag. According to the answer, the police recorded 33,963 crimes in the area of "politically motivated crime - right-wing" nationwide up to November 30, 2024 alone. The final figure in the BKA statistics, which are expected to be presented in May, is likely to be even higher due to crimes committed in December and late subsequent reports.
In 2023, the Federal Criminal Police Office recorded a total of 28,945 right-wing political crimes in its statistics, according to the Ministry of the Interior's response. In 2024, the number of crimes increased by at least 17.34 percent.
Of the almost 34,000 registered crimes, 1136 were violent crimes - compared to 1270 in the whole of 2023. The largest proportion of crimes in 2024 were propaganda offenses (21,311) and incitement to hatred (5097), while the police also recorded 1942 cases of damage to property.
"Alarming development"
Left-wing MP and right-wing extremism expert Martina Renner spoke of an alarming development. "The figures have risen continuously by 20 to 25 percent in recent years. There is no sign of any drastic domestic policy measures to stop this dangerous development," Renner told RND.
The majority of violent offenders are adults, but the proportion of young violent offenders has recently increased. "If we don't want to get used to more than 3,000 crimes by neo-Nazis per month, fundamental consequences must be drawn," Renner continued.
