Almost 40% of perpetrators had no German passport

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The figure 'almost 40%' is inflated - the actual share of non-German suspects was 35.5% in 2025, a difference of 4.5 percentage points

Omissions

• The claim refers to 'Sexualdelikte' which includes all sexual offenses, not specifically rape or violent sexual crimes
• The data refers to suspects (Tatverdächtige), not convicted perpetrators
• The figure of 35.5% excludes immigration law violations; when including these, the percentage of non-German suspects may differ
• The MEP could not have known the final 2025 PKS data at the time of the speech (April 27, 2026), as it was published around April 20, 2026, just days before the session

Sources

• PrimaryBundeskriminalamt (BKA) - Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025131,335 Sexualdelikte (sexual offenses) registered in 2025
• SecondaryEuronews DeutschlandDer Anteil nichtdeutscher Tatverdächtiger lag 2025 bei 35,5 Prozent (ohne ausländerrechtliche Verstöße) - The share of non-German suspects was 35.5% in 2025