Murder and manslaughter cases in the German state of Bavaria rose from 366 in 2024 to 405 in 2025, a nearly ten percent increase, according to police data obtained by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and reported by Breitbart. The same data shows that foreign nationals are heavily overrepresented among suspects: of the 466 people identified as suspects in those cases, 220 — over 47 percent — held foreign citizenship, up from 42 percent the previous year. German citizens, by contrast, make up the overwhelming majority of Bavaria’s residents, while non-German citizens account for roughly 18 percent of the state’s population.
The statistics, first publicized by the immigration-sceptical AfD, were reported by the German newspaper Die Welt, which noted that the largest single group of suspected killers in 2025 cases were Romanians, followed by Syrians, Turks, and Afghans.
AfD Points to Deportation Pledge
The AfD responded to the figures by reiterating its long-standing call for the deportation of foreign criminals, and demanded that police improve data recording. The party also noted that because dual citizenship is now legal in Germany, some individuals counted as German citizens in the statistics may also hold foreign citizenship, potentially understating the foreign share. Party leader Alice Weidel said: “This is completely unacceptable. We finally need a deportation offensive. A migration turnaround is only possible with the AfD!”
These figures are the latest in a series of data sets acquired by the AfD through parliamentary requests. Under German law, members of the Bundestag can compel federal and state governments to release information that is not routinely made public. In August, a similar inquiry by an AfD lawmaker revealed that 104 extremists classified as “a threat to public safety” and living in Germany held dual citizenship, with Turkish-German dual nationals forming the largest group, followed by Moroccan-Germans.
In November, another release showed that 130 migrants who had been ordered deported went on to be accused of homicide in 2024, a finding the AfD and its supporters cite as evidence of the consequences of what they describe as ineffective border control.
The Bavarian numbers come amid broader political debate in Germany over migration and crime. The AfD has made the issue central to its platform, and the party’s use of parliamentary data requests has allowed it to spotlight specific statistics that might otherwise draw less attention. Critics have argued that such figures can be misleading without context about demographics, reporting practices, or the proportion of crimes committed by different groups relative to their population share.
Bavaria, governed by the conservative Christian Social Union, has itself taken a hard line on migration in recent years, pushing for tougher border controls at the federal level. The state’s interior ministry has not yet publicly commented on the data obtained by the AfD.
Source: www.breitbart.com — https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/12/non-germans-overrepresented-in-bavarian-murder-stats/