BKA statistics
Sharp increase in hate crimes against queer people
Police are noticing an increase in hate crimes against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. And these are just the actions that are known.
Anti-queer crimes are increasing in Germany. This is shown by a current situation report from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) called the numbers “shocking”
According to the information, the police recorded a total of 17,007 cases of hate crime nationwide in 2023. According to the BKA, more than one in ten of these cases – 1,785 crimes – last year were directed against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people. To name this group, the BKA uses the abbreviation LSBTIQ* in its management report. Around 18 percent of the hate crime cases registered against members of this group in 2023 were crimes in which violence played a role.
According to the information, the number of cases registered by the police increased by around 50 percent last year. Crimes are classified as politically motivated hate crimes in the sense of statistics if, taking into account the circumstances of the crime and the attitude of the perpetrator, there are indications that they were committed due to prejudice, for example based on nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.
The situation report shows that the victims of crimes against people who belong to the LGBTIQ* group are predominantly men. According to the BKA, 808 of the 1,052 suspects identified last year were German, although dual nationals are only counted as German in the statistics.
dpa
Source: Stern
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