One criminal incident may be recorded with more than one bias motivation in the breakdown below.
In autumn 2019, the results of a two-year research project on "Best practices of co-operation between safety authorities and civil society concerning the avoidance of crime guided by prejudices" were presented at a number of regional conferences and discussed with law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations. The project – which incorporated ODIHR's expertise and international good practices – should lead to improved collaboration between police and civil society organizations.
A separate category of "attacks against Jewish cemeteries" is also monitored. There were 34 such incidents in 2019, which are not included in this statistic.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on Germany."
ODIHR observes that Germany has not reported the numbers of prosecuted hate crimes or information on the sentencing of hate crime cases to ODIHR.
The Association of Counseling Centers for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence in Germany – VBRG (on behalf of its members ReachOut, Opferperspektive e.V., LOBBI and RAA Sachsen) reported 863 statistical incidents. Amadeu Antonio Foundation reported 230 statistical incidents. Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS/VDK Berlin/ZIF reported 489 statistical incidents. MANEO reported 351 statistical incidents. Jugendschutz.net reported 10 statistical incidents. EZRA reported 93 statistical incidents. This explains the discrepancy between the above graphic, which includes statistical incidents, and the descriptive incidents included below.
Kantor Center also reported descriptive incidents as well as statistical data.