Knife attacks in Lüneburg rise dramatically: 12 percent more violence!

In 2024, the area of ​​responsibility of the Lüneburg police department recorded an increase in knife attacks by 12.03 percent compared to the previous year. 503 crimes were registered, which corresponds to a plus of 54 acts. In 269 cases, which corresponds to 53 percent of the incidents, the knife was used in connection with threats. Estimated 27 percent of the incidents, more precisely 135 cases, concerned dangerous bodily harm.

In addition, a perfect and 19 attempted homicide was recorded, in which a knife was also used. A total of 679 people fell victim to knife attacks, including 141 with minor injuries, 31 seriously injured and a fatally injured man. The latter was a case of domestic violence in which a 37-year-old perpetrator is said to have stabbed his former partner. This information comes from a report of the state newspaper .

overall statistical development

In 2024, a total of 79,216 crimes were recorded in the entire area of ​​responsibility of the Lüneburg police department. This represents a decline around 1984 acts (-2.44 percent) compared to the previous year. The decline is slightly below the nationwide trend of -4.33 percent. In this context, however, climbs were found in crimes against life, assault and thefts from car. There were declines, among other things, for bicycle thefts, shop theft and drug offenses.

The clarification rate was 64.33 percent, which is comparable to the previous year (64.61 percent) and above the Lower Saxony -wide average of 62.77 percent. A total of 34,952 suspects were identified, including 27,243 adults, 2564 adolescents, 3505 young people and 1640 children. German citizenship has a significant proportion of around 70.63 percent of the suspects (24,688). In addition, 10,264 non -German citizens were registered as suspects, which is a slight decline of 0.62 percent compared to previous surveys. These statistics were also in the police crime statistics of the state of Lower Saxony announced.