Scandal in Bamberg: Spanner at the window - police are looking for witnesses!

Scandal in Bamberg: Spanner at the window - police are looking for witnesses!

on Sunday evening, February 2, 2025, there was a worrying incident in Bamberg when a 31-year-old woman discovered a "tensioner". Around 10:15 p.m., loud groaning noises attracted her attention. During the examination, she found that a man was standing behind her half -closed roller shutter and filming her with his mobile phone while he was immoral. The perpetrator, whose age is estimated at 25 to 40 years, fled from the garden in an unknown direction. According to the Bamberg City police, which is looking for witnesses, the man is said to have been slim and sporty, and have worn strikingly blue running shoes. The police asks on 0951/9129-210 to provide information from possible witnesses who could have noticed something in the area of Don-Bosco-Straße. This type of incident shows an alarming signal in terms of personal security in the city. Infranken reports on the investigation.

Another incident on the same weekend also throws a light on the feeling of security in Bamberg. During a bachelor party, a 31-year-old groom jumped drunk, with a per thousand value of about 2.4, into the Regnitz. The water guard was necessary to save it from the cold water, just to see him jumping again shortly afterwards. This incident happened around 11:30 p.m., followed by an inappropriate nuisance of a woman near the marquee of Sandkerwa just 15 minutes later. Thanks to the diverse witness, the groom could be retained from an outgrowering cell at the last minute, while the police already wrote an administrative offense notification against it. For the bachelor group from Hesse, the police informed the responsible bus driver who brought the men home prematurely. This was taken up by Nordbayern.

crime in Germany in 2023

The current incidents in Bamberg are in the context of a nationwide rising crime level. The police crime statistics (pks) shows that the recorded crimes compared to 2022 by 5.5 % to 5,940,667 cases, which has been the highest number of cases since 2016. The increase is attributed to several factors, including the increased mobility after the covid 19 restrictions on the covid and social and economic stress as a result of inflation.

violent crime has also increased, with 214,099 cases recorded, an increase of 6.9 %. It is noteworthy that an increase among young people and children was also recorded among the suspects. At a time when social tensions increase, it is crucial to keep an eye on these trends. Incidents such as those in Bamberg show the need to strengthen public security and to combat crimes preventively.