The number of far-right criminal offences and acts of violence fell in Germany last year, but remains high compared to previous years, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
The authorities recorded 36,951 far-right extremist offences in 2025, including 1,395 violent offences, the ministry confirmed in response to a parliamentary question.
In 2024, there were a total of 42,788 far-right extremist offences, including 1,488 violent offences. In 2023, the police were notified of 28,945 offences, including 1,270 violent offences with a far-right background, according to data from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
Between 2015 and 2022, the total number of offences remained at a lower level, ranging between approximately 20,500 and 23,600.
Green Party parliamentary faction chief Irene Mihalic told RND news outlet that the high number of offences show the extent of the problem with the far right.
“Six attempted homicides and around 1,400 violent crimes prove the scene’s unbroken propensity for violence,” she said.
Of the 84,172 offences in the area of politically motivated crime in 2024, around half (42,788) were attributed to far-right extremism, BKA figures show.
Nearly 10,000 offences fell within the category of far-left extremism, 9,000 classed as foreign ideology and religious ideology, and around 22,000 in an “other” category.
Typical politically-motivated offences include denigration of the state and its symbols, incitement to hatred, and insult.
Violent offences include homicide, bodily harm, breach of the peace, dangerous interference with road traffic, unlawful detention and resisting arrest.