In the Corona-crisis, NRW far, the burglary figures and the number of fatalities significantly decreased. The Ministry of the interior and the police informed, on request. Previously had already reported several media.
The number of fatalities in road traffic decreased in North Rhine-Westphalia in March from 37 in the year 2019 on the currently 23 – a decline of more than a third, as a police spokesman announced in Duisburg.
The Corona-crisis lead volume at a significantly lower traffic. Part the streets are empty are. On Saturday morning at 10.00 am, the WDR reported about a kilometers-long traffic jams all over the country – and on the first day of the Easter holidays. The police, however, warns not to use the freer roads, to race.
Noticeable declines in March, also in the case of Bag thefts, burglaries and robbery offences – may be because much less people are on the streets and because many apartments are not even in the daytime empty, which could deter burglars. The interior Ministry is not restricted, that the Figures were still resilient. But there were “trends”.
Accordingly, on date 25. In March, the burglary figures decreased by 30 percent. There had also been a third less Bag thefts and 170 Robbery less. The number of domestic burglaries dropped from 2091 in the month of the previous year to the current level of 1423 in NRW (1.3.-29.3.).
in order for the work to take load of the police in some areas, at the same time, the pandemic brings new challenges, said the interior Ministry. New fraud had surfaced mesh, in which the Corona-fear of the population being exploited. Would add thefts of disinfectants and protective equipment. In addition, support the police across the country, the regulatory authorities in the enforcement of the Contact orders of the Corona-protection regulation.
short-time working for police officers was not possible, the Ministry said. This possibility does not exist for civil servants.
dpa
