"A Balance of Horror: Victim Counselling Agencies Register the Highest Level of Right-Wing Violence

The Munich advisory office Before is sounding the alarm. Over the past year, almost 700 people were looking for help for right-wing attacks or racist discrimination. The institution is reaching its limits.

The number of far-right-motivated crimes in Germany is increasing rapidly. The record number, which was only set in 2023, was exceeded again in the previous year – by about 900 cases. According to this, there were a total of 3453 "right-wing attacks" in 2024 – almost 900 more than in 2023, when a maximum figure had already been measured in the series of figures collected since 2014. This is the result of a statistics published on Tuesday by the …

Those affected by right-wing, racist and anti-Semitic violence can contact appropriate counselling centres. These now report a new maximum number of cases for the year 2024. Thus, most attacks occurred in Berlin.

In 2024, there were as many politically motivated crimes in Germany with 84,172 cases as never before – an increase of more than 40% compared to the previous year. ...

Violence on the right has increased significantly in 2024. Victim counselling agencies recorded an increasing number of attacks on political opponents and attacks with a queer enemy motive.

Rights Violence increased again in 2024. Victim associations registered almost 3,500 cases in 2024. More and more children and adolescents are also affected.