As of: March 27, 2024, 10:29 a.m
Comments
Press
Split
Police were able to arrest a 36-year-old man who returned to the scene.
© Monika Skolimowska/dpa
The Berlin police registered almost 536,700 crimes last year.
That was 3.2 percent more than in the previous year, as Interior Senator Iris Spranger (SPD) and the police announced on Wednesday.
The clearance rate for these crimes was 45.5 percent (2022: 44.9 percent).
Berlin - Most of the crimes were thefts (around 213,000).
There were also almost 100,000 scams, including fare evasion or filling up without paying.
So-called crimes of brutality such as bodily harm were counted in around 70,000 cases.
The police identified 140,620 suspects, around 70 percent of whom lived in Berlin.
106,671 victims of crime were recorded (+11.6 percent).
Of these, 18,784 women, men, young people and children were victims of violence in relationships or within the family (+8.8 percent).
It is unclear whether there has actually been more violence or whether the willingness to report such acts to the police is increasing.
9,603 police officers were registered as victims of an attack or violent act (+10.1 percent).
These include many attacks during demonstrations and also acts of resistance during checks and arrests, for example when a suspect breaks away.
376 paramedics and firefighters are listed in the statistics as victims of a violent act (+22.5 percent).
Spranger emphasized that crime has increased, particularly in violent crime and especially in public spaces.
Violence always reflects the state of a society.
Corona, migration, the war in Ukraine and the Hamas terror against Israel are crises of the last few years that are looking for an outlet, said Spranger.
Society and politics must work together to combat this.
“We have to join forces.” dpa