Indicator history

Official data on racist and related hate crimes, collected through the police registration system KMPD (Criminal Police Reporting Scheme; Kriminalpolizeilicher Meldedienst) on politically motivated crimes (PMK):

In 2009, 19,468 extreme right-wing crimes were recorded by the police, of which 13,295 cases were recorded as propaganda offences (art. 86 StGB, art. 86a StGB) and 959 as violent right-wing crimes. Among those 18,750 right-wing extremist crimes were recorded, of which 891 were right-wing extremist violent crimes. 351 of these 891 right-wing extremist violent crimes were deemed as xenophobic, including 321 cases of bodily harm.
In 2009, 1,502 anti-Semitic right-wing crimes were recorded by the police. The number of violent right-wing crimes with an anti-Semitic motivation was 31 in 2009.

In 2010, 16,375 extreme right-wing crimes were recorded by the police, of which 11,401 cases were recorded as propaganda offences and 806 as violent right-wing crimes. Among those 15,905 right-wing extremist crimes were recorded, of which 762 were right-wing extremist violent crimes. 285 cases of extremist violent crimes were deemed as xenophobic.
In 2010, 1,166 anti-Semitic right-wing crimes were recorded by the police. The number of violent right-wing crimes with an anti-Semitic motivation was 29 in 2010.

Source:

• Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern, BMI) (2011), Verfassungsschutzbericht 2010,http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Broschueren/2011/vsb2010.pdf?__blob=publicationFile (accessed on 10.01.2012).
• Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern, BMI), press release, 15.04.2011, http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2011/04/pmk.html (accessed on 10.01.2012).
• German Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB), http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/ (accessed on 10.01.2012).