Politically motivated crime: Police doc document ranges of right-wing extremist crimes | EUROtoday

The variety of from the police documented right-wing extremist crimes reached a peak in Germany in 2024. This emerges from the response of the Federal Ministry of the Interior to a small query from the left-wing group within the Bundestag, about which Editorial Network Germany (RND) reported. Accordingly, the police nationwide recorded 33,963 offenses within the space of ​​“politically motivated crime – right-wing” by November thirtieth final yr.

The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) statistics for 2024 are anticipated to be introduced in May of this yr. The last variety of right-wing extremists crimes is more likely to be even larger attributable to circumstances dedicated in December and late reporting.

In 2023, the BKA recorded a complete of 28,945 right-wing motivated political crimes in its statistics. In 2024, the variety of crimes could have elevated by at the least 17.34 p.c. Of the virtually 34,000 registered crimes, 1,136 have been violent crimes – in the entire of 2023 there have been 1,270. The largest proportion of crimes in 2024 have been propaganda offenses (21,311) and sedition (5,097). The police additionally recorded 1,942 circumstances of property injury.

The left-wing member of the Bundestag and right-wing extremism knowledgeable Martina Renner spoke of an alarming growth. “The numbers have been rising continuously by 20 to 25 percent in recent years. There are no drastic domestic measures in sight to stop this dangerous development,” she mentioned. The majority of violent perpetrators are adults, though the proportion of younger violent perpetrators has just lately elevated.