Germany, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat), Politisch motivierte Kriminalität im Jahr2019. Bundesweite Fallzahlen, Berlin, 12 May 2020.
Country
Germany
Title
Germany, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat), Politisch motivierte Kriminalität im Jahr2019. Bundesweite Fallzahlen, Berlin, 12 May 2020.
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Year
2020
Publication type
Hate crime reporting
Geographical coverage
National
Area/location of interest
Not applicable - national level
Type of Institution
Public authority
Institution
Germany, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat), overview on politically motivated crime in 2019, including a brief section on page 6 on crimes the alleged motif of which was "hostility to Islam"
Thematic focus
Hate crime
Groups
Other
Key findings
It is reported that in 2019, 950 crimes were registered as "hostile to Islam". These are 40 more crimes than in 2018, a rise of 4.4 per cent. 856 of the registered crime were committed by right-wing offenders.
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
Figures were drawn from the police crime statistics (Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik) on "politically motivated crime" (politisch motivierte Kriminalität) which includes "hostile to Islam" (islamfeindlich) as a new category since January 2017.
Sample details and representativeness
N/A
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