The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights defines hate crime as ‘physical or verbal attacks against people, which are motivated by prejudices of a specific characteristic of the person affected, as for example their sexual orientation or gender identity’. The German criminal law does not include any specific laws relating to hate crimes against trans* people. Until now, only § 46 StGB para. 2 can be used for non-specific references when wording the motivation of the perpetrator. § 46 StGB para. 2 states: ’’In the assessment, the court weighs the circumstances that speak for and against the perpetrator against each other. In particular, account shall be taken on the motives and object given of the perpetrator, including racist, xenophobic or other forms of inhumanity, the attitude and will of the perpetrator, the degree of negligence, the manner of execution and the consequences of the act, the perpetrator’s previous life, their personal and economic circumstances and conduct after the crime, in particular his efforts to make good the damage and the efforts of the perpetrator to seek compensation with the person affected. Police statistics are not very informative about the frequency of hate crimes against trans* people as only the total amount of hate crimes against trans* and homosexual people is stated. A survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in 2019 tried to close this gap. Half of the interviewed trans* people in Germany stated that they have experienced hate-motivated harassment in 2019. Between 2014 and 2019, nearly one fifth of the interviewees have, at least once, been victims of physical or sexualised attacks, with even 10% of them having experienced this six times or more. Hate crimes are often carried out by cis men who are unknown by the victim. Physical or sexualised attacks are happening two-thirds of the time in public spaces, compared to a little more than 50 % of the hate-motivated harassment. Social networks were stated as the second most common place for harassment with 16 %. Within the last 10 years, the number of people affected who reported a hate crime has risen slightly on European average but remains low. In 2011, 4.5 % have reported their last experiences hate-motivated harassment to the police or another organisation compared to 10 % in 2018. In 2011, 15 % reported their last experienced physical or sexualised attack, compared to 21 % in 2018.