Security crisis? Rising with violence and thefts in Germany!

Security crisis? Rising with violence and thefts in Germany!

The district of Darmstadt-Dieburg is considered one of the safest regions in Germany, so reports Primavera24 . According to the current crime statistics of the South Hesse police headquarters, the district is now taking fourth place in Hesse. There is also gratifying news about crime: For the first time after pandemic, the security authorities have a decline in street crime and theft offenses in this region.

The decline in drug crime is particularly striking, which could be reduced by almost 56 percent in the neighboring district of Offenbach. In the Main-Kinzig district, the decline was almost 50 percent. These declines are mainly attributed to a shift in milieu crime.

rising threats in other areas

Nevertheless, not all statistics are positive. The numbers in the area of ​​street robbery, violent crime and online crime continue to increase. Special attention applies to the upcoming report of the Lower Franconia police headquarters, which will present the statistics for the area between Alzenau and Eichenbühl tomorrow.

In the nationwide context, the police crime statistics (pks) In 2023, the crimes recorded rose 5.5 percent compared to the previous year, which leads to a total of 5,940,667 cases. This has been the highest number of cases since 2016. The clarification rate was also slightly increased to 58.4 percent, an increase of 1.1 percentage points.

The influence of social and economic factors

Several factors were identified as reasons for the increase in crimes. This includes increased mobility after the COVID 19 restrictions, economic loads from inflation and a high immigration rate in Germany. A total of 2,246,767 suspects were recorded last year, which corresponds to an increase of 7.3 percent. It is striking that 34.4 percent of these suspects do not have German nationality and this number has increased by 13.5 percent.

In the area of ​​violent crime, there was an alarming development, because the number of cases has reached the highest level since 2007 and rose by 8.6 percent compared to 2022. The increase in suspicious children and adolescents is particularly noteworthy, where the numbers have increased by 17.0 and 14.4 percent. This raises questions about the social framework conditions in Germany.

In addition, the statistics show a significant increase in theft offenses, which rose by 10.7 percent to 1,971,435 cases. The lovage of the shop rose dramatically by 23.6 percent to 426,096 cases, which has been the highest level since 2006. Inflammation of the apartment rose by 18.1 percent, but remain below the level of 2019.