Unknown intruder in Sigmaringendorf: 65-year-old in fear!

Unknown intruder in Sigmaringendorf: 65-year-old in fear!

On Friday evening, June 21, 2025, an attempted burglary was reported in the district of Sigmaringen, more precisely in Sigmaringendorf. Around 9:05 p.m., an unknown perpetrator got into the apartment of a 65-year-old resident through an unlocked patio door. When he stepped into the living room, there was an unexpected encounter with the woman who was in her home at that moment. The perpetrator then hastily grabbed the escape over the house entrance door without being able to kidnap a stolen goods. An investigation order that was heralded by the police immediately after the incident remained without success-the search measures did not lead to any results, such as the [news.de] (https://www.news.de/lokales/858715342/polzuell-aus-ravensburg-21-06-2025--hute/1/) reported.

The 65-year-old woman, who was suddenly and unexpectedly confronted with an intruder in the late evening, is physically intact, according to the first reports, but the fright that the incident has triggered should remain sustainable. Burglary can not only cause material damage, but also sensitively disrupt the feeling of security and trust of those affected, as experts emphasize. Often, those affected also suffer from mental consequential damage, which not only attribute a material but also an emotional influence to the intruder, as the [Statista] (https://de.statista.com/themen/2938/kriminalitaet-in-deutschland-deutschland-wohnung thefton.

burglary statistics and trends

A look at the current break -in statistics in Germany shows that burglaries recorded an increase in three years at the latest: in 2023, around 119,000 thefts were registered in or from apartments, with approximately 77,800 cases classified as an onset of housing, i.e. through violent or cunning ingress. In this regard, the past period after Corona pandemic was characterized by a remarkable increase in burglary.

The highest burglary rates typically record urban federal states such as Bremen, Berlin and Hamburg, while Bavaria is one of the safer federal states. The highest burglar rate in 2023, for example, was 283 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Mülheim an der Ruhr, while Fürth had the lowest rate per 100,000 inhabitants per 100,000 inhabitants. The clearance rate for burglary theft is also only 14.9% in 2023, with the clarification rate for all criminal offenses around 58.4%. These figures illustrate how great the challenge for the security authorities in this area.

The police have determined a large number of perpetrators in recent years, and in 2023 over 42% of foreign perpetrators were among the 9,890 suspected suspects, which is a maximum. It is all the more important that the citizens are vigilant and pay attention to possible security risks in their living environment. The contact options for the police are given, for example, by the Ravensburg police headquarters.

The events in Sigmaringendorf impressively show that the topic of burglary protection occupies a central place in everyday life and should not be underestimated. The fear of becoming a victim of a break -in is not only accompanied by material losses, but often also with severe emotional effects - a fact that makes targeted prevention measures necessary to strengthen the feeling of security among the population, as on the press portal) is removed.