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2024 Crime Report: Foreign Nationals Surge in Violent Offenses

12/10/2025

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Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), notes 2024 overrepresentation of Afghan and Syrian nationals among violent crime suspects: 1,722 and 1,740 per 100,000, versus 163 for Germans.
Foreigners accounted for 40% of suspects in 2024, rising to 43% for violent crimes.
In 2023, foreign nationals accounted for 38.9% of convictions, and 45% of prisoners were foreign.
The government plans to restart deportations to Afghanistan and Syria.

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Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), notes 2024 overrepresentation of Afghan and Syrian nationals among violent crime suspects: 1,722 and 1,740 per 100,000, versus 163 for Germans.
Foreigners accounted for 40% of suspects in 2024, rising to 43% for violent crimes.
In 2023, foreign nationals accounted for 38.9% of convictions, and 45% of prisoners were foreign.
The government plans to restart deportations to Afghanistan and Syria.