New Year's Eve 2024/2025: Police are fighting riots and violence!

On New Year's Eve 2024/2025, an increased police presence was recorded in the area of ​​responsibility of the Recklinghausen police headquarters. In order to ensure the security of the citizens, additional hundred and civilian civil servants were deployed. In addition, a strategic search was ordered, which included non -occasional controls. In Bottrop, a video observation system was used on the "Red Square" to prevent crimes. The application for this measure was submitted to the State Office for Central Police Services (LZPD) in September and approved in December.

Preventive measures were also taken in Marl. The pedestrian bridge from the central bus station to the planet settlement was closed to prevent attacks on emergency services. As part of riots to Halloween, the police had already carried out threats. The preliminary record of New Year's Eve, which was sent on January 1, 2025 at 3:05 a.m. by the Recklinghausen police headquarters, was mixed. In Castrop-Rauxel, a bookcase caught fire through pyrotechnics around 10:10 p.m. In Datteln, young people were checked who had a signal gun, firecracker and a knife with them when throwing firecrackers in trash cans.

incidents and arrests

in Recklinghausen, firecrackers were thrown towards police vehicles, and the police also found self -made pyrotechnics. In Herten there was an incident in which a 19-year-old was arrested for rioting and attack on the police. In addition, two PTB weapons in young people were secured in Marl and several references were granted.

Current accident statistics from previous years have also been published. In 2022 there were 2,406,465 traffic accidents in Germany, including 289,672 accidents with personal injury that resulted in 2,788 fatalities. In 2021 there were 2,314,938 traffic accidents with 258,987 accidents with personal injury and 2,562 fatalities, while in 2020 a total of 2,245,245 traffic accidents were registered.

violence against emergency services

Additional knowledge about the topic of violence against emergency services on New Year's Eve was provided by Statista. The data was published on January 18, 2023 and dealt with police cases of violence against fire brigade and police in Germany on New Year's Eve 2022/2023. The information is broken down by federal states. A Statista account is required for detailed access to the statistics.