Thieves strike in Hamm-Heessen: Broken vehicles and made prey!

Thieves strike in Hamm-Heessen: Broken vehicles and made prey!

On March 31, 2025, several company vehicles were victims of thefts in the city area of ​​Hamm-Heessen, which were committed between March 29 at 6 p.m. and March 30th at 9 a.m. This reports news.de . In total, various vehicles were abolished. While no prey was made on a Ford Transit in Ermelinghoffstrasse and a VW Crafter on Bradfordstrasse, the perpetrators were able to capture electricity tools worth around 4,000 euros at a Mercedes Sprinter in Gartenstraße. A gasoline grinder was also stolen from a Toyota in Augustin-Wibbelt-Straße. The perpetrators escaped undetected.

The criminal police have started the investigation into theft in particularly severe cases. She asks for information on the incidents on 02381 916-0 or by email to information.hamm@polizei.nrw.de. In another measure, the police advise not to leave any valuable objects in the vehicle to prevent possible thefts.

crime statistics shows increasing theft numbers

The current situation in the field of theft is underlined by the police crime statistics in 2022, which was recently published. This shows that around 1.8 million thefts were recorded in Germany in 2022 - an increase of 20 percent compared to the previous year. The clarification rate is approximately 30 percent for all thefts, but only 7.9 percent for money theft and remarkable 89.8 percent for shoplifting steels. The possible punishments for theft can be up to ten years for severe theft for heavy theft and for robbery with a weapon for up to 15 years.

A look at the generally burgeoning car crime also shows worrying trends. According to the report of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) on car crime, the number of car theft in Germany rose by 9 percent to 15,924 vehicles in 2023. In the case of trucks in particular, there was an increase of 48 percent to 1,009 cases. These developments are reflected in the increasingly complex crime landscape, in which technological aids such as radio -haul extensions and special car keys are used more and more frequently. These methods make it easier for the perpetrators to steal vehicles and quickly resell them.

The need to combat vehicle crime

The increase in the theft requires intensive cooperation between the law enforcement authorities and other institutions, both at national and international level. The statistics from the BKA shows that the proportion of German suspects in the area of ​​car crime is 54.4 percent, while 8,961 suspects are not German citizenship. In addition, Eastern Europe remains an important target and transit region, while Turkey acts as a central transit state for stolen vehicles in the Middle East. There are also high sales markets for stolen vehicles in the United Arab Emirates.

The current developments in the field of car crime and the latest thefts in Hamm are in a larger context, which includes both local and national dimensions. It is all the more important that citizens, like the police, develop solutions together to increase security in the cities.