In past year, according to a media report, 8.5 percent of all criminal suspects were immigrants. In total, 1,970,000 suspects of a crime were registered, of which 167,268 immigrants were reported as world, citing unpublished Police crime statistics (PKS) for 2017. The PKS will be officially presented on 8 May.

As an immigrant, PKS 2017, according to world, covers asylum seekers, tolerated, "pirated resident", subsidiary protected, and few contingent refugees who have received admission via international aid programmes in Germany. Unlike in previous years, recognised refugees, such as politically persecuted, are now also counted. This makes it difficult to compare statistics with PKS of 2016.

According to figures, last year re were more suspicions against immigrants than ir share of total population: The group of people defined as immigrants had at end of 2017, according to Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, about two percent of Population, writes world.

As a result, immigrants have often been victims of crime. According to report 46,057, y reported a total of about one million registered victims. Conspicuously often y became victims of dangerous and severe bodily injury.

The information confirms a trend that time online had already reported in previous year. As a result, immigrants are often more involved in all registered crime. Much of this is played out in refugee homes, where immigrants are both victims and perpetrators. In calculations, foreign law offences such as an illegal stay were excluded.

Many immigrants are young men

According to world, proportion of immigrants in some areas of crime was particularly high. In case of pickpocketing y 2017 according to information almost every third suspects, at apartment Einbruchdiebstahl well every tenth. In case of rape and sexual coercion, it is 15.9 percent, in case of dangerous and severe bodily injury 15.2 percent and in robberies 15.1 percent.

Note that se numbers are suspects. It is unclear how many of se people have actually committed deed that is being accused of m. Unheeded in statistics remain crimes that are not displayed.  In addition, many immigrants are young men who, in principle, make up a group of particularly violent groups. According to criminologists Christian Pfeiffer, willingness to display is also statistically higher if foreigners are suspected as perpetrators.

In addition, number of criminal suspects cannot be equated with number of criminal offences for which y are suspected. In police crime statistics, according to world, every criminal suspects was counted only once, no matter how many acts he is responsible for. In case of victims, however, re is anor rule: if someone is a victim several times, this is also registered several times.

Overall, number of all offenders, irrespective of origin of perpetrators, declined significantly last year. In Germany, 2017 nearly ten percent fewer crimes were recorded than 2016.

Date Of Update: 29 April 2018, 12:02