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Violence in public spaces causes fear and shapes a society. In Baden-Württemberg the number of crimes is higher than it has been for a very long time.
Stuttgart - Violent crime in public spaces in Baden-Württemberg has recently grown enormously. The number of offenses in this area rose by 12.3 percent to 10,101 cases last year, as the German Press Agency learned from the Interior Ministry. It is therefore a ten-year high. Violent crime includes many serious crimes such as grievous bodily harm, robbery, rape, manslaughter and murder.
The number of crimes in which a person was threatened, injured or even killed in public with a knife increased by more than 13 percent last year compared to the previous year. In this context, Interior Minister Thomas Strobl pointed out that in 2022 the state had cleared the way for municipalities to set up weapon and knife ban zones. The CDU politician wants to present the police crime statistics on Thursday. dpa