Ukrainians top the per-capita list (5x Germans). AfD demands remigration. The numbers speak for themselves – no sugarcoating.
Almost half of violent crime suspects in Bavaria are non-German, prompting the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to call for remigration of all foreign criminal suspects. The Interior Ministry shared these statistics following a request from AfD state parliament member Martin Böhm. In 2025, authorities identified 20,367 individuals as suspects in violent offenses, with nearly 47 percent lacking German citizenship.
Despite comprising just 15.5 percent of Bavaria’s population, foreigners are responsible for a disproportionately large share of serious crimes.
The largest non-German groups among suspects included Syrians (1,284), Turks (799), Ukrainians (797), Afghans (784), Romanians (687), Iraqis (428), Bulgarians (350), Poles (328), Kosovars (319), and Italians (250).
Adjusting these numbers for population size reveals a different hierarchy. The suspect burden figure (TVBZ) estimates how many suspects emerge per 100,000 individuals in each demographic over one year.
Ukrainians topped the TVBZ at 555, followed by Turks at 445 and Romanians at 435. German citizens had a TVBZ of 106, meaning Ukrainians are over five times more likely to be violent crime suspects than Germans.
The government did not produce TVBZ statistics for smaller nationality groups with fewer than 100,000 residents.
“For smaller population groups, the crime rate would have to be mathematically extrapolated to 100,000 people,” the state government explained.
“However, since the relationship between population size and crime burden is not strictly linear, an error would occur in the TVBZ calculation, which is greater the smaller the population group. For this reason, the TVBZ are only calculated for non-German citizens who have a population share of over 100,000 people.”
Regarding homicide and manslaughter, there were 411 suspects in Bavaria, with 177 being foreigners, accounting for 43.1 percent of all suspects in this category. The TVBZ was 87 for Germans, 478 for Turks, and 499 for Ukrainians.
In the realm of rape and sexual assault—including serious cases leading to fatalities—1,288 suspects were recorded, 551 of whom were foreign nationals, representing 42.8 percent.
It is important to note that the Interior Ministry does not specify whether German suspects have a foreign background.
Böhm emphasized that the data indicate violent crime in Bavaria is excessively linked to foreign populations.
“No amount of sugarcoating or trivialization will help. The numbers speak for themselves,” he told Junge Freiheit, which received the data exclusively.
“The AfD therefore demands: decisive action by the judiciary, an end to mass naturalizations and rigorous remigration of foreign violent criminals,” Böhm added.
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