Crime in Bad Kreuznach sinks: decline by almost 9 percent!
Crime in Bad Kreuznach sinks: decline by almost 9 percent!
The Bad Kreuznach police department recently published the number of crime for 2024. A total of 10,848 crimes were registered in their area of responsibility, which represents a decrease of 1,060 cases compared to the previous year. This corresponds to a waste of 8.9 percent, such as rhein-zeitung.de reported.
It is particularly noticeable that the cherry stone system in Bad Kreuznach, which was previously considered a crime hotspot, is now regularly followed by the police. This could be a measure to further reduce the crimes displayed.
General crime development in Rhineland-Palatinate
The entire police crime statistics (PKS) 2024 for Rhineland-Palatinate also shows a positive development. A total of 239,388 crimes were registered, which corresponds to a decline of 16,584 cases (-6.5 percent) compared to 2023, when there were 255,972 cases. This makes it clear that the efforts to combat crime in the region have fruit, as well as police.rlp.de confirmed.
The statistics also show that the number of crimes that do not violate foreign law is 228,452, which means a decline by 14,189 cases (-5.8 percent). This is reflected in a decline in almost all criminal offenses, apart from raw crimes and crimes against personal freedom and life.
Details on specific crimes
The clearance rate has only changed minimally at 64.3 percent and is only 0.2 percent below the value of the past two years. The frequency number, i.e. the number of crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, is 5,803, a decline of 351 (-5.7 percent).
The development among crimes against sexual self -determination, which has dropped by 1.232 cases by 1.2 percent, is particularly interesting. However, the raw crimes and the crimes against personal freedom have increased by 2.5 percent to 47,218 cases. A similar stability shows the number of assault offenses with 29,660 cases. In the area of domestic violence, on the other hand, there was an increase of 4.2 percent to 13,497 cases.
In contrast, the theft offenses record a decline of 2.1 percent, with the dawn of the apartment with 2,626 cases reaching the lowest level in over 50 years. A positive development was also determined with regard to ATM blasts; The number fell from 50 acts in 2023 to only 23 in 2024.The police crime statistics not only serve the factual classification of the crime situation, but also to develop targeted measures to combat crime. This is continuously developed, for example by the separate recording of knife attacks that have been included in the statistics since 2020
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