
German media is full of headlines like ‘German crime figures: Are migrants unfairly targeted?’
“Is it true that the crime rate in Germany is higher among immigrants? Statistics suggest as much, but numbers by themselves can be misleading. An expert explains what’s behind them.”
Experts. What would we do without them?
The crime statistics are bad otherwise they wouldn’t be doing this kind of song and dance.
Syrian nationals in Germany are almost eleven times more likely to be identified as suspects in violent crimes than German citizens.
According to de Vries, the rate of offenses is even higher for serious sexual crimes : Afghan nationals top the list – with a figure that is around 14 times higher than that of Germans.
Overall, foreign suspects are “significantly overrepresented” in violent crimes (over 43 percent) and serious sexual offenses (39.6 percent), according to de Vries. The crime rate is particularly striking among individuals from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Morocco – those immigrant groups who primarily came to Germany in the last decade.
We’re not supposed to say what these ‘immigrant groups’ have in common.
De Vries drew a clear conclusion: ” Asylum migration from the Arab world in the past decade has made our country less safe, especially for women,” said the CDU politician.
At the same time, he differentiated: Most immigrant groups, especially from the EU, South America, and large parts of Asia, live “righteously and peacefully in our country.”
Somehow I don’t think it’s the Arab Christians behind all those rapes.
Now, non-citizens are a fairly small part of the population, but a huge part of the criminal population.
About 16% of the total population of Germany don’t have German citizenship, yet they accounted for roughly 34% of suspects in crimes as diverse as theft, burglary and violent crimes.
At least the crime is diverse.
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Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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