On the other hand, this may be numbers lumped together to serve a political objective. We
know that police forces in Germany - and Engeland and Sweden - skew the numbers in order to not feed right wing sentiments. Executives in the police force have links with politicians, the fired head of police of Cologne was a presonal friend of Ralf Jaeger. I have seen a number of reports that indicate that German politicians are panicking about the situation in the country, especially about the civil defense groups that are popping up around the country. To promote the narrative that these events weren't done by Syrians but by asylum law
abusers could be a way to get Merkel off the hook and restore faith in the authorities, who now look like the ones that invited and welcomed the rapists of the German daughters. Kind of Wir Schaffen Das 2.0.
I mean, just take a look at this cartoon on how it is percieved. From Knack, Belgium. Hardly an extremist outlet:
https://twitter.com/Knack/status/687622842284945408