Economic theory predicts a positive effect of an increase in income inequality on the prevalence of crime, but the international empirical evidence is mixed. For Germany, research on this topic is virtually non-existent. Therefore, I used fixed effect regressions to estimate the effect of a market income inequality proxy on property damages, thefts from motor vehicles, domestic burglaries and assaults in Germany. The models without spatial lags suggest economically small to moderate own-district elasticities between 0.13 and 0.95. The models with spatial lags generally show insignificant own-district estimates, but significant spatial spillovers.To replicate the results the following files are provided:Data The dataset is provided in .csv (readable across many systems) and .rds format (readable by the open source program R). The names of the files are JBNST_Crime_Inequality_Data.csv and JBNST_Crime_Inequality_Data.rds. A description of the dataset is provided in the file Dataset_Description.txt. Details such as the data source of certain variables are described in the main text.R-Code for replication A code description file with instructions (Code_Description.txt). A main code file which enables the user to replicate the results (CreateResults.R).* An auxilliary function (that enables the user to conveniently estimate several models - FunctionToCreateAllSpecificationResults.R).