> violations of immigration law in particular. Keep in mind that crossing the border to apply for asylum is a violation in immigration law itself. It's not usu

> violations of immigration law in particular. Keep in mind that crossing the border to apply for asylum is a violation in immigration law itself. It's not usually prosecuted but it appears in the stats. It's also a crime that can only be committed by foreigners. See the explicit mention of that fact in the report "Der Anstieg der Tatverdächtigenzahlen bei den nichtdeutschen Tatverdächtigen liegt in der hohen Anzahl der ausländerrechtlichen Verstöße (z.B. unerlaubte Einreise und unerlaubter Aufenthalt) im Zusammenhang mit Migrationsströmen begründet." (page 20, band 3) (edit:) Also, more generally, keep in mind that the PKS is a statistic of charges filed by and to the police and not a statistic of prosecutions or trials or convictions, making it of questionable value for most assertions unless carefully controlled. An uptick may in certain fields is often partially caused by an increased willingness to report to the police, a prime example is sexual violence: people are (rightfully) more willing to report sexualized violence since the stigma for the victim has become lower.