Germany's latest crime statistics were released by the interior ministry | Alexander Körner/Getty Images Germany records lowest crime rate since 1992 Country saw a rise in left-wing violence in 2017, largely due to riots at G20 summit in Hamburg.

Germany saw a rise in violent crimes perpetrated by the political left and a drop in attacks on asylum centers in 2017, according to the latest crime statistics released by the interior ministry Tuesday.

The new figures show a drop in crime of 5.1 percent over the previous year, with 5.76 million crimes reported.

"The number of crimes committed in Germany is the lowest since 1992," Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced at a presentation of 2017 police crime statistics in Berlin. "The frequency of fewer than 7,000 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants is unprecedented, even in a 30-year comparison."

Overall, the number of politically motivated crimes fell by 4.9 percent in 2017, after increases in the last four years.

While the number of incidents motivated by right-wing ideology fell by 12.9 percent, incidents perpetrated in the name of the left rose by 3.9 percent. However, the overall number of crimes associated with the political right — at 20,520 — was more than twice the number associated with the left, at 9,752.

Most politically motivated crimes were related to the use of propaganda, according to the interior ministry. But the number of violent crimes perpetrated by the left rose by 15.6 percent in over the previous year to 1,967 — a rise largely attributable to violence and riots at last summer's G20 summit in Hamburg.

The number of violent crimes linked to the political right saw a decrease of 33.5 percent over the same time period to 1,130 incidents.

"Despite the decline in politically motivated crimes, there is no reason to sound the all-clear," said Seehofer, leader of Bavaria's conservative Christian Social Union party.

He said he found it "shameful" that left-wing politicians had not distanced themselves from violence and called on local authorities to take "decisive action" against "left-wing violent criminals."

Germany also saw a decline in attacks on asylum and refugee shelters, with 312 offenses recorded in 2017 compared to 995 the previous year, a drop of 68.6 percent that Seehofer attributed to the "success of measures taken by security authorities."

Anti-Semitic crimes, however, saw a rise of 2.5 percent in 2017, with close to 95 percent attributable to supporters of the political right.

The interior ministry launched a project late last year to encourage cooperation between civil society and police to combat crimes motivated by prejudice and encourage victims to report incidents to police, Seehofer said.

"Anti-Semitic incidents that are not punishable but endanger inter-religious and inter-cultural coexistence must be documented and analyzed," he said.