German police recorded the highest number of crimes last year since 2016, with violent crime also rising over the same period. The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) which released the data on Tuesday pointed to three factors that could have contributed to the rise: ongoing post-pandemic effects, price rises and increased migration over a short period leading to fewer integration opportunities for individual migrants. Police recorded around 5.94 million crimes in Germany over the course of 2023, 5.5% up on the year. Excluding infringements related to migration, the rise still comes in at 4.4…