Graffiti

Recorded cases of criminal damage by graffiti per 100,000 inhabitants, 2025

Police in the eastern states recorded 225.6 graffiti offences per 100,000 people in 2025, 2.6 times the western rate of 87.9. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (285.5) and Brandenburg (268.9) have the highest rates of any state.

< 79.1 per 100k79.1 per 100k135.7 per 100k192.2 per 100k248.7 per 100k≥ 305.3 per 100k

Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·401 districts · 2025

Former West

87.9 per 100k

excl. Berlin

Former East

225.6 per 100k

excl. Berlin

Berlin

206.2 per 100k

Germany

113.5 per 100k

The East's figure is 2.6× the West's (2025).

By state

Former WestFormer EastBerlin

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern285.5 per 100k
Brandenburg268.9 per 100k
Sachsen215.5 per 100k
Sachsen-Anhalt213.5 per 100k
Berlin206.2 per 100k
Hamburg192.9 per 100k
Thüringen159.5 per 100k
Schleswig-Holstein157.4 per 100k
Bremen140.4 per 100k
Saarland108.4 per 100k
Niedersachsen93.6 per 100k
Bayern85.4 per 100k
Nordrhein-Westfalen85.1 per 100k
Hessen70.2 per 100k
Baden-Württemberg68.1 per 100k
Rheinland-Pfalz66.7 per 100k

2025

Notes & caveats

The police crime statistics count offences that come to police attention. Reporting habits and police priorities differ between states, so part of any difference may reflect reporting rather than how much crime happens.
East, West and state rates are our calculation from district cases and the BKA's district rates.

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State	Side	2025
Saarland	west	108.4 per 100k
Berlin	berlin	206.2 per 100k
Brandenburg	east	268.9 per 100k
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	east	285.5 per 100k
Sachsen	east	215.5 per 100k
Sachsen-Anhalt	east	213.5 per 100k
Thüringen	east	159.5 per 100k
Schleswig-Holstein	west	157.4 per 100k
Hamburg	west	192.9 per 100k
Niedersachsen	west	93.6 per 100k
Bremen	west	140.4 per 100k
Nordrhein-Westfalen	west	85.1 per 100k
Hessen	west	70.2 per 100k
Rheinland-Pfalz	west	66.7 per 100k
Baden-Württemberg	west	68.1 per 100k
Bayern	west	85.4 per 100k