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Germany's Headline Crime Count Fell 5.6% in 2025. Rape, Gun Violence, and Youth Pornography Did Not.
The Bundeskriminalamt's Police Crime Statistics for 2025, released April 20, show 5.5 million total offenses — the lowest since 2021 — with violent crime down 2.3% for the first time since then. Inside that headline, rape rose 9%, gun-violence offenses rose 9.7%, actual shootings rose 13.4%, and youth pornography cases rose 19.9%.
