How has the share of non-German citizens among crime suspects in Germany changed since 1993, for rape, homicide and other crimes?

Non-German citizens were 35.52% of crime suspects in 2025 when immigration-law offences are left out (20.05% in 2002), 40.08% with them (33.63% in 1993), 38.46% of suspects under BKA key 111000 for rape and serious sexual assault (36.91% in 1993, under earlier definitions), 42.72% for murder (30.56% in 1993), 48.65% for manslaughter (30.78% in 1993), 48.64% for robbery (33.73% in 1993) and 42.63% for dangerous and serious bodily harm (30.5% in 1993); they were 14.89% of the population at the end of 2025 (8.58% in 1993).

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Non-German share of suspects, excluding immigration-law offences, 2025

35.52

% of crime suspects who are not German citizens, immigration offences left out, 2025

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (BKA suspects), so it cannot be checked against another.

Each source by year: % of crime suspects who are not German citizens, immigration offences left out

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Year	BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 890000
2002	20.05
2003	19.94
2004	19.6
2005	20.04
2006	19.41
2007	19.02
2008	18.86
2009	19.24
2010	19.98
2011	20.8
2012	21.5
2013	22.57
2014	24.34
2015	27.63
2016	30.47
2017	30.35
2018	30.51
2019	30.44
2020	29.93
2021	29.88
2022	31.87
2023	34.45
2024	35.42
2025	35.52

What this number counts

Counts: Suspects without German citizenship as a share of all suspects, leaving out offences against the Residence Act, Asylum Act and FreizügG/EU (BKA key 890000)
Where: Germany (police crime statistics, offences committed in Germany)
When: Cases passed to prosecutors in each calendar year; latest 2025 (one year, not an average)

The figure from BKA suspects, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)

Source	Figure and year	Definition	Quality	Counts for
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 890000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-27 · Data (Excel file)	35.522025	Suspects without German citizenship (foreign nationals, stateless people and people whose citizenship is unknown) as a share of all suspects for all offences except immigration-law offences; BKA key 890000 "Straftaten insgesamt, jedoch ohne Verstöße gegen das Aufenthalts-, das Asyl- und das Freizügigkeitsgesetz/EU (Schlüssel 725000)". People holding German and another citizenship count as German. 2025: 677,951 of 1,908,383 suspects. Each person is counted once per year and key. Share calculated in this page's script from table T50 (non-German suspects, https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/2025/Interpretation/Tatverdaechtige/ZR-TV-07-T50-TV-insg-nichtdeutsch_xls.xlsx?__blob=publicationFile&v=2) divided by table T20 (all suspects, https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/2025/Interpretation/Tatverdaechtige/ZR-TV-01-T20-TV-insg_xls.xlsx?__blob=publicationFile&v=2); table T40 (German suspects) makes up the rest exactly from 2009 and to within 16 suspects in earlier years. Suspects per 100,000 residents aged 8 and over in 2025, counting resident suspects only: 1813.14 for Germans and 4788.12 for non-Germans (BKA TVBZ tables). Index of all BKA time-series tables: https://www.bka.de/DE/AktuelleInformationen/StatistikenLagebilder/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/PKS2025/pksTabellen_Interpretationshilfen/Zeitreihen/zeitreihen_node.html The BKA report gives 35.5% for 2025 (p. 46).	4 of 5 checks Yes: Method and definitions published. The BKA publishes its recording rules, offence catalogue and table descriptions. Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official police statistics compiled by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Yes: Full count or representative sample. Counts every suspect in cases police passed to prosecutors; only crime known to police. Yes: Raw data downloadable. The time series is downloadable as XLSX (tables T20, T40, T50). No: No known break or quality problem. Counting changed in 2009; the excluded immigration laws changed in 2005; cannabis partly legalised in 2024.	100%

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BKA suspects 100%

BKA suspects100%

How the trust score was worked out

Quality32 / 40: How well the sources are made
Agreement15 / 30: Unknown with one source, so set to half
Independence6 / 20: How many separate ways the number was measured
Freshness10 / 10: How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

Police and justice records · 1

No source of these kinds: victim survey, independent count.

Single source: nothing to check it against
BKA suspects, 2009: The BKA introduced "true" suspect counting at federal level: a person registered in several states is counted once. The BKA states this "erlaubt keinen Vergleich" with suspect numbers before 2009 (PKS 2025 report, p. 74). source
BKA suspects, 2002: Key 890000 (all offences except immigration-law offences) starts in the BKA time series in 2002. source
BKA suspects, 2005: The excluded key 725000 changed from offences against the Foreigners Act and Asylum Procedure Act to offences against the Residence Act, Asylum Procedure Act and FreizügG/EU (BKA key label from 2005). source
BKA suspects, 2024: Possession and home growing of cannabis were partly legalised on 1 April 2024; the BKA says suspect totals for 2024 and 2025 are not comparable with earlier years (PKS 2025 report, p. 8). source

Years each source has a figure here

'02'05'10'15'20'25BKA suspects

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Non-German share of suspects for rape, sexual coercion and sexual assault (serious cases), 2025

38.46

% of rape and serious sexual assault suspects who are not German citizens, 2025

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (BKA suspects), so it cannot be checked against another.

Each source by year: % of rape and serious sexual assault suspects who are not German citizens

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Year	BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 111000
1987	29
1988	28.67
1989	31.37
1990	32.61
1991	35.54
1992	38.55
1993	36.91
1994	34.19
1995	32.45
1996	33.65
1997	35.65
1998	33.18
1999	32.54
2000	32.39
2001	30.9
2002	30.61
2003	30.78
2004	30.56
2005	30.07
2006	29.63
2007	30.07
2008	28.79
2009	27.98
2010	28.21
2011	28.24
2012	29.27
2013	27.96
2014	31.01
2015	33.11
2016	38.79
2017	37
2018	38.55
2019	36.81
2020	36.67
2021	36.58
2022	36.63
2023	37.24
2024	39.16
2025	38.46

What this number counts

Counts: Suspects without German citizenship as a share of all suspects for rape, sexual coercion and sexual assault in the especially serious case (§§ 177, 178 StGB). Since 2018 BKA key 111000 holds only the especially serious cases; the BKA publishes no single key covering all of § 177 StGB from 2018 (its parent key 110000 also includes §§ 174-174c, 184i and 184j), and adding sub-keys would count some suspects twice.
Where: Germany (police crime statistics, offences committed in Germany)
When: Cases passed to prosecutors in each calendar year; latest 2025 (one year, not an average)

The figure from BKA suspects, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)

Source	Figure and year	Definition	Quality	Counts for
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 111000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-27 · Data (Excel file)	38.462025	Suspects without German citizenship (foreign nationals, stateless people and people whose citizenship is unknown) as a share of all suspects for rape, sexual coercion and sexual assault in the especially serious case (§§ 177, 178 StGB); BKA key 111000 "Vergewaltigung, sexuelle Nötigung und sexueller Übergriff im besonders schweren Fall einschl. mit Todesfolge §§ 177, 178 StGB". People holding German and another citizenship count as German. 2025: 4,733 of 12,306 suspects. Each person is counted once per year and key. Share calculated in this page's script from table T50 (non-German suspects, https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/2025/Interpretation/Tatverdaechtige/ZR-TV-07-T50-TV-insg-nichtdeutsch_xls.xlsx?__blob=publicationFile&v=2) divided by table T20 (all suspects, https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/2025/Interpretation/Tatverdaechtige/ZR-TV-01-T20-TV-insg_xls.xlsx?__blob=publicationFile&v=2); table T40 (German suspects) makes up the rest exactly from 2009 and to within 16 suspects in earlier years. Suspects per 100,000 residents aged 8 and over in 2025, counting resident suspects only: 11.12 for Germans and 37.35 for non-Germans (BKA TVBZ tables). Index of all BKA time-series tables: https://www.bka.de/DE/AktuelleInformationen/StatistikenLagebilder/PolizeilicheKriminalstatistik/PKS2025/pksTabellen_Interpretationshilfen/Zeitreihen/zeitreihen_node.html	4 of 5 checks Yes: Method and definitions published. The BKA publishes its recording rules, offence catalogue and table descriptions. Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official police statistics compiled by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Yes: Full count or representative sample. Counts every suspect in cases police passed to prosecutors; only crime known to police. Yes: Raw data downloadable. The time series is downloadable as XLSX (tables T20, T40, T50). No: No known break or quality problem. The offence was redefined in 1997-99 and again in 2016-18; counting changed in 2009.	100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

BKA suspects 100%

BKA suspects100%

How the trust score was worked out

Quality32 / 40: How well the sources are made
Agreement15 / 30: Unknown with one source, so set to half
Independence6 / 20: How many separate ways the number was measured
Freshness10 / 10: How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

Police and justice records · 1

No source of these kinds: victim survey, independent count.

Single source: nothing to check it against
BKA suspects, 1991: The BKA time series covers the former West German states for 1987-1990 and adds all of Berlin for 1991-1992. source
BKA suspects, 1993: From 1993 the series covers all of Germany, including the eastern states (BKA table note "ab 1993: Bundesgebiet insgesamt"). source
BKA suspects, 2009: The BKA introduced "true" suspect counting at federal level: a person registered in several states is counted once. The BKA states this "erlaubt keinen Vergleich" with suspect numbers before 2009 (PKS 2025 report, p. 74). source
BKA suspects, 1997: The Bundestag merged rape and sexual coercion into one offence (§ 177 StGB) and included rape within marriage (Drucksache 13/7663, adopting 13/7324). source
BKA suspects, 1998: BKA key 111000 relabelled "Vergewaltigung, besonders schwere Fälle der sexuellen Nötigung § 177 Abs. 3 und 4 StGB" (previously "Vergewaltigung § 177 StGB"). source
BKA suspects, 1999: BKA key 111000 relabelled "Vergewaltigung und sexuelle Nötigung §§ 177 Abs. 2, 3 und 4, 178 StGB". source
BKA suspects, 2017: After the 2016 reform that made sexual acts against a person's recognisable will punishable (Bundestag Drucksache 18/9097, in force November 2016), BKA key 111000 covered "Vergewaltigung und sexuelle Nötigung/Übergriffe §§ 177 Abs. 1-4, 6-9, 178 StGB" in 2017. source
BKA suspects, 2018: From 2018 BKA key 111000 covers only the especially serious cases ("im besonders schweren Fall einschl. mit Todesfolge §§ 177, 178 StGB"), which include rape; other sexual assault and coercion moved to key 112100. source

Years each source has a figure here

'01'05'10'15'20'25BKA suspects

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Non-German share of the population, 2025

14.89

% of the population who are not German citizens, 2025

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (Destatis), so it cannot be checked against another.

Each source by year: % of the population who are not German citizens

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Year	Destatis, Bevölkerungsfortschreibung: population by nationality and sex
1970	4.49
1971	5.18
1972	5.75
1973	6.43
1974	6.53
1975	6.33
1976	6.27
1977	6.34
1978	6.53
1979	6.92
1980	7.41
1981	7.65
1982	7.59
1983	7.46
1984	7.22
1985	7.34
1986	7.62
1987	7
1988	7.49
1989	7.99
1990	7
1991	7.56
1992	8.24
1993	8.58
1994	8.73
1995	8.97
1996	9.13
1997	9.04
1998	8.91
1999	8.93
2000	8.83
2001	8.88
2002	8.9
2003	8.9
2004	8.83
2005	8.84
2006	8.81
2007	8.82
2008	8.76
2009	8.72
2010	8.81
2011	7.9
2012	8.25
2013	8.69
2014	9.29
2015	10.53
2016	11.17
2017	11.69
2018	12.15
2019	12.5
2020	12.73
2021	13.09
2022	13.83
2023	14.51
2024	14.83
2025	14.89

What this number counts

Counts: Residents without German citizenship as a share of the registered population
Where: Germany (former West Germany before 1990)
When: 31 December of each year; latest 2025 (count on one day)

The figure from Destatis, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)

Source	Figure and year	Definition	Quality	Counts for
Destatis, Bevölkerungsfortschreibung: population by nationality and sexStatistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) · Population registerRetrieved 2026-10-27	14.892025	Residents without German citizenship as a share of the population on 31 December: 12,430,895 of 83,467,117 in 2025. People holding German and another citizenship count as German. All ages; the BKA rates below use residents aged 8 and over. Values parsed from the HTML table saved on 27 October 2026 (page dated 16 June 2026).	4 of 5 checks Yes: Method and definitions published. Destatis publishes the method and a quality report for the population count. Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official statistics from Germany's federal statistics office. Yes: Full count or representative sample. Full count: census figures updated with registered births, deaths, moves and naturalisations. Yes: Raw data downloadable. The yearly table by nationality is published on destatis.de. No: No known break or quality problem. Census rebasing in 2011 and 2022 and reduced accuracy in 2016 break the series.	100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

Destatis 100%

Destatis100%

How the trust score was worked out

Quality32 / 40: How well the sources are made
Agreement15 / 30: Unknown with one source, so set to half
Independence6 / 20: How many separate ways the number was measured
Freshness10 / 10: How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

Population register · 1

No source of these kinds: police and justice records, victim survey, independent count.

Single source: nothing to check it against
Destatis, 1990: Until 1989 the table covers the former West Germany only; from 1990 all of Germany. source
Destatis, 2011: From 2011 results are based on the 2011 census. source
Destatis, 2016: Destatis says 2016 and 2017 are only partly comparable with earlier years, with reduced accuracy in 2016. source
Destatis, 2022: From 2022 results are based on the 2022 census. source

Years each source has a figure here

'01'05'10'15'20'25Destatis

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

All offences except immigration law (890000)

All offences (------)

Rape and serious sexual assault (111000)

Murder (010000)

Manslaughter (020000)

Robbery (210000)

Dangerous and serious bodily harm (222000)

Group	Figure	Year	Trust
All offences except immigration law (890000)	35.52	2025	63 Moderate
All offences (------)	40.08	2025	63 Moderate
Rape and serious sexual assault (111000)	38.46	2025	63 Moderate
Murder (010000)	42.72	2025	63 Moderate
Manslaughter (020000)	48.65	2025	63 Moderate
Robbery (210000)	48.64	2025	63 Moderate
Dangerous and serious bodily harm (222000)	42.63	2025	63 Moderate

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Year	All offences except immigration law (890000)	All offences (------)	Rape and serious sexual assault (111000)	Murder (010000)	Manslaughter (020000)	Robbery (210000)	Dangerous and serious bodily harm (222000)
1987	–	20.02	29	24.97	26.21	26.01	21.69
1988	–	21.82	28.67	22.15	26.38	27.26	22.86
1989	–	24.51	31.37	26.71	26.91	31.36	24.59
1990	–	26.68	32.61	26.46	28.05	35.52	26.5
1991	–	27.65	35.54	30.75	30.65	36.93	28.32
1992	–	32.2	38.55	32.38	36.96	38.58	31.07
1993	–	33.63	36.91	30.56	30.78	33.73	30.5
1994	–	30.08	34.19	31.63	31.73	32.23	29.52
1995	–	28.49	32.45	33.6	30.91	32.28	28.58
1996	–	28.26	33.65	34.67	32.32	32.56	29.08
1997	–	27.86	35.65	34.85	31.08	32.71	28.85
1998	–	27.09	33.18	36.64	32.68	31.45	27.31
1999	–	26.57	32.54	30.88	31.69	31.12	26.74
2000	–	25.77	32.39	29.75	29.9	31.42	25.93
2001	–	24.92	30.9	31.41	29.83	29.82	25.14
2002	20.05	24.37	30.61	30.43	31.75	29.93	24.91
2003	19.94	23.51	30.78	30.92	31.13	30.25	25.11
2004	19.6	22.94	30.56	29.5	29.62	30.09	25.17
2005	20.04	22.46	30.07	29.23	25.84	30	24.5
2006	19.41	22.03	29.63	25.16	29.41	28.93	23.97
2007	19.02	21.36	30.07	28.3	28.26	27.73	23.04
2008	18.86	20.88	28.79	28.25	26.96	26.94	22.67
2009	19.24	21.14	27.98	27.83	27.35	27.4	22.6
2010	19.98	21.92	28.21	30.46	27.72	29.29	23.2
2011	20.8	22.93	28.24	28.86	27.05	29.51	23.88
2012	21.5	23.99	29.27	29.82	28.8	30.61	24.48
2013	22.57	25.71	27.96	30.74	28.69	32.35	25.73
2014	24.34	28.72	31.01	29.79	32.17	34.26	27.68
2015	27.63	38.49	33.11	28.32	39.3	38.44	32.23
2016	30.47	40.4	38.79	37.12	42.39	40.99	37.61
2017	30.35	34.85	37	37.3	44.48	40.3	37.75
2018	30.51	34.53	38.55	38.57	44.8	40.57	38.4
2019	30.44	34.63	36.81	36.09	41.12	39.7	37.27
2020	29.93	33.67	36.67	36.17	42.32	40.2	38.2
2021	29.88	33.78	36.58	38.81	44.05	40.36	37.42
2022	31.87	37.44	36.63	38.4	42.25	43.73	38.25
2023	34.45	41.09	37.24	43.08	44.02	46.43	41.2
2024	35.42	41.8	39.16	40.05	46.42	48.68	42.67
2025	35.52	40.08	38.46	42.72	48.65	48.64	42.63

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Group	Figure	Year	Trust
All offences	40.78	2024	63 Moderate
Rape, sexual coercion and sexual assault (§§ 177, 178)	42.59	2024	63 Moderate
Murder, attempts excluded (§ 211)	48.32	2024	63 Moderate
Manslaughter (§§ 212, 213)	46.96	2024	63 Moderate
Robbery and extortion (§§ 249-255, 316a)	42.3	2024	63 Moderate
Dangerous bodily harm (§ 224 Abs. 1)	41.14	2024	63 Moderate

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Year	All offences
2007	20.48
2008	19.85
2009	20.05
2010	20.86
2011	21.98
2012	22.86
2013	24.48
2014	26
2015	28.34
2016	31.38
2017	32.55
2018	34.02
2019	35.11
2020	35.42
2021	36.05
2022	36.86
2023	38.92
2024	40.78

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

Non-German (Nichtdeutsche)
German (Deutsche)

Group	Figure	Year	Trust
Non-German (Nichtdeutsche)	14.89	2025	63 Moderate
German (Deutsche)	85.11	2025	63 Moderate

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Year	Non-German (Nichtdeutsche)	German (Deutsche)
1970	4.49	95.51
1971	5.18	94.82
1972	5.75	94.25
1973	6.43	93.57
1974	6.53	93.47
1975	6.33	93.67
1976	6.27	93.73
1977	6.34	93.66
1978	6.53	93.47
1979	6.92	93.08
1980	7.41	92.59
1981	7.65	92.35
1982	7.59	92.41
1983	7.46	92.54
1984	7.22	92.78
1985	7.34	92.66
1986	7.62	92.38
1987	7	93
1988	7.49	92.51
1989	7.99	92.01
1990	7	93
1991	7.56	92.44
1992	8.24	91.76
1993	8.58	91.42
1994	8.73	91.27
1995	8.97	91.03
1996	9.13	90.87
1997	9.04	90.96
1998	8.91	91.09
1999	8.93	91.07
2000	8.83	91.17
2001	8.88	91.12
2002	8.9	91.1
2003	8.9	91.1
2004	8.83	91.17
2005	8.84	91.16
2006	8.81	91.19
2007	8.82	91.18
2008	8.76	91.24
2009	8.72	91.28
2010	8.81	91.19
2011	7.9	92.1
2012	8.25	91.75
2013	8.69	91.31
2014	9.29	90.71
2015	10.53	89.47
2016	11.17	88.83
2017	11.69	88.31
2018	12.15	87.85
2019	12.5	87.5
2020	12.73	87.27
2021	13.09	86.91
2022	13.83	86.17
2023	14.51	85.49
2024	14.83	85.17
2025	14.89	85.11

Suspects per 100,000 residents aged 8+, immigration-law offences left out (2009-2025)

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German (Deutsche)
Non-German (Nichtdeutsche)

Group	Figure	Year	Trust
German (Deutsche)	1,813.14	2025	63 Moderate
Non-German (Nichtdeutsche)	4,788.12	2025	63 Moderate

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Year	German (Deutsche)	Non-German (Nichtdeutsche)
2009	2,442.26	4,927.58
2010	2,390.14	5,015.88
2011	2,315.82	4,968.95
2012	2,262.47	4,823.16
2013	2,226.36	5,508.44
2014	2,195.41	5,719.3
2015	2,090.35	6,123.83
2016	2,022.97	6,110.54
2017	1,982.32	5,647.51
2018	1,939.61	5,331
2019	1,912.92	5,008.08
2020	1,898.78	4,817.33
2021	1,827.35	4,561.15
2022	1,918.41	5,004.06
2023	1,943.23	5,007.42
2024	1,877.97	5,091.3
2025	1,813.14	4,788.12

About this data

Every source on this page (12)

Who is behind the sources

53% Police or justice agency
47% Statistics office

Each publisher, its funding and its own description

Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) · Police or justice agencyFunding: German federal budget; the BKA is a federal agency under the Federal Ministry of the Interior. sourceIn its own words: “The Bundeskriminalamt, as the central police agency in Germany, coordinates crime suppression at national and international level.” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
Destatis (Federal Statistical Office of Germany) · Statistics officeFunding: German federal budget; Destatis is a federal authority under the Federal Ministry of the Interior. sourceIn its own words: “We provide objective statistics that have been compiled in a neutral and professionally independent manner.” source, retrieved 2026-10-27

Destatis, Statistischer Bericht Strafverfolgung 2024, table 24311-46Destatis (Federal Statistical Office of Germany) (statistics office) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 5 numbers; counts toward 5. Years 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-26.Data (Excel file)
Destatis, Bevölkerungsfortschreibung: population by nationality and sexDestatis (Federal Statistical Office of Germany) (statistics office) · Population registerUsed for 2 numbers; counts toward 2. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Open the publisher's page
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 890000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key ------Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 111000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 010000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 020000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 210000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)
BKA, PKS time series 1987-2025, tables T20 and T50 (Bund), key 222000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)
Destatis, Statistischer Bericht Strafverfolgung 2024, table 24311-45Destatis (Federal Statistical Office of Germany) (statistics office) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-26.Data (Excel file)
BKA, PKS time series, table T40 TVBZ (Bund), key 890000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)
BKA, PKS time series, table T50 TVBZ (Bund), key 890000Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) (police or justice agency) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 1 number; counts toward 1. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (Excel file)

Why the numbers differ (3)

Police count suspects when a case goes to prosecutors; courts count people convicted, once per proceeding under the most serious offence, usually a year or more later. For rape and sexual coercion the non-German share was 38.46% of suspects in 2025 and 42.59% of people convicted in 2024; the court group (§§ 177, 178 StGB, all cases) is wider than BKA key 111000 (serious cases only since 2018). (source, retrieved 2026-10-26)
Shares of suspects include people who do not live in Germany; the BKA rates per 100,000 count resident suspects only. In 2025 the rates were 1813.14 for German and 4788.12 for non-German residents aged 8 and over, leaving out immigration-law offences. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
Murder and manslaughter include attempts in the police figures; the court figure for murder leaves attempts out. The BKA counts small numbers here: 838 murder and 2,068 manslaughter suspects in 2025, so yearly shares move more. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)

Common mistakes (5)

Dividing suspect counts by population counts without noting that the population excludes tourists, people passing through, commuters and people staying without permission, who can still be suspects. The BKA says such people are "in der Einwohnerzahl der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nicht enthalten" (PKS 2025 report, p. 71). (source, retrieved 2026-10-26)
Reading the rape series as one continuous definition. BKA key 111000 changed with the 1997-98 and 2016 law reforms; since 2018 it holds serious cases only. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
Comparing suspect numbers across 2009 without noting that the BKA switched to counting each person once nationwide that year. (source, retrieved 2026-10-26)
Reading "non-German" as "migrant". The police statistics record citizenship only; naturalised and dual citizens count as German (PKS 2025 report, pp. 7 and 72). (source, retrieved 2026-10-26)
Treating suspects as offenders. Suspects are recorded at the end of police investigations, before any court decision. (source, retrieved 2026-10-26)

Context (2)

Sources considered and not used (3)

Suspects excluding immigration offences before 2002, by subtraction: Key 890000 starts in 2002. Subtracting immigration-law suspects (key 725000) from all suspects would be wrong, because a person suspected of both is counted once in each. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
BKA summary key 892500 (murder, manslaughter and killing on request): The time series has it from 2013 only, so murder (010000) and manslaughter (020000) are shown separately from 1987. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
Destatis convictions by offence and citizenship before 2024: Published in a separate report for each year; only the 2024 report was read. Its long table 24311-45 gives all offences by citizenship from 2007. (source, retrieved 2026-10-26)

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How has the share of non-German citizens among crime suspects in Germany changed since 1993, for rape, homicide and other crimes?

Non-German share of suspects, excluding immigration-law offences, 2025

Non-German share of suspects for rape, sexual coercion and sexual assault (serious cases), 2025

Non-German share of the population, 2025

Non-German share of suspects by offence (% of suspects, 1987-2025)

Non-German share of people convicted by offence (% of convicted people, 2024; all offences 2007-2024)

Share of the population on 31 December (%, 1970-2025; West Germany before 1990)

Suspects per 100,000 residents aged 8+, immigration-law offences left out (2009-2025)

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