Brandenburg Corrects Crime Data After Errors Inflated Non-German Suspect Rates

Revised statistics show non-German residents twice as likely to be suspects as Germans, not four times as initially reported.

Brandenburg's Interior Ministry has corrected 2024 crime statistics, reducing the suspect burden rate for non-German residents from 8,900 to 4,100.
The initial data mistakenly included non-resident suspects, such as those apprehended at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport and the Polish border.
Interior Minister Katrin Lange faced criticism for using the flawed data to highlight higher crime rates among non-German residents.
The Left Party and the Greens accused Lange of contributing to stigmatization and racism through her presentation of the original statistics.
SPD and CDU leaders defended Lange's decision to revise the data while cautioning against exaggerating the issue in public discourse.