Bavaria reports non-German citizens account for 47% of violent crime suspects

Data from the Bavarian Interior Ministry reveals that non-German citizens accounted for approximately 47 percent of all violent crime suspects in Bavaria in 2025. While non-Germans make up 15.5 percent of the state's population, they are disproportionately represented in violent offense statistics, with 20,367 total suspects recorded.

When adjusted for population size (the suspect burden figure or TVBZ), significant disparities appear. Syrian nationals had a rate of 1,707 suspects per 100,000 people, nearly 17 times the rate of German citizens, who stood at 106 per 100,000. Afghan nationals followed with a rate nearly 15 times higher than Germans. Other notable rates per 100,000 residents included Ukrainians at 555, Turks at 445, and Romanians at 435.

The data, released following a parliamentary inquiry by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has led to calls from the AfD for the remigration of criminal migrant suspects. The state government noted that TVBZ calculations are only provided for non-German groups with populations exceeding 100,000 to avoid mathematical errors caused by non-linear relationships in smaller groups.