Refugees or other foreigners do not commit more crimes then the general population in Germany. Lots of people try to create that image, but its not true. It is pure paranoia and I am tired of it.
Well, I heard otherwise from a police commissioner himself.
Around 18 years ago, I was mugged at a gunpoint in a restroom by a highway near Duisburg. The muggers were clearly from Eastern Europe or Southern Europe but I was unable to distinguish the accent accurately.
When I freed myself (they tied me, sloppily, to the handle on the toilet for disabled) and called the police, the police treated me with great suspicion and took me to the police station. They probably thought that it was some kind of an Eastern-Europe gang-war related matter.
Fortunately for me, the police commissioner had a Czech wife for around twenty years so he had some more insight and empathy for me and knew that not everyone from Eastern Europe is necessarily a crook.
But he told me - and I cannot remember the exact figures - that foreigners accounted for (IIRC) something like 70 % of the crimes; I am quite sure that it was at least more than half of the crimes. Which is a huge disproportion taking into account the difference in the number of Germans and foreigns in Germany.
He was very nice to me and even lent me a bit of money and took me to the outskirts of the city from where I could hitch-hike back home to the Czech Republic (since my car got stolen, too, along with my wallet; the thieves probably had a soft spot for their Eastern-European compatriot because they left my glasses and my passport on a trash can in the restroom where I found them after I freed myself).