Theft shock in the outlet: 18-year-olds are caught in the act!

On January 4, 2025, theft in the outlet center in Zweibrücken occurred. An 18-year-old tried to steal clothes worth around 350 euros. The crime occurred at 4:45 p.m. in a business of a sporting goods manufacturer. Employees of the business were able to prevent the young woman from the theft and informed the police, who ultimately took over the perpetrator. A criminal proceedings against the 18-year-old were initiated, such as news.de

In 2022 there were around 1.8 million thefts in Germany, which represents a remarkable increase of 20 percent compared to the previous year. The clarification rate was around 30 percent, with significant differences depending on the type of theft. For example, the reconnaissance rate for shoplifting is 89.8 percent, while it only reaches 7.9 percent when it comes to monetary thefts. This reflects the general trends in crime, which recorded a total of around 5.63 million crimes in Germany in 2022, such as Statista

theft statistics 2022

The most common types of theft of the past year included 344,669 shoplifting, 265,562 bicycle thefts and 235,732 thefts in or from motor vehicles. The disposal of motor vehicles, with 25,511 cases, also recorded an increase. Particularly noticeable are the burglary, which also climbed in 2022 after they declined from 2016 to 2021. Over 23,500 of these burglaries were registered in North Rhine-Westphalia, which constitutes more than 35 percent of all cases in German federal states.