Crime – Berlin – Hundreds of burglaries in Berlin schools per year – Panorama
Berlin (dpa/bb) – There are between 300 and almost 500 burglaries, attempted burglaries and serious thefts in Berlin schools every year. The highest value was last reached in 2017 with 470 corresponding acts. This emerges from the response of the Senate and the police to a CDU request. But last year, the police registered 290 break-ins and attempted break-ins in schools, 55 in the Neukölln district alone.
Most crimes happened in the past few years in Reinickendorf, Pankow, Mitte and Neukölln. Notebooks, tablets, mobile phones and other computers were the main items stolen, but also keys, cash boxes, projectors and even food.
In addition, there were between 700 and more than 800 cases of vandalism each year, i.e. damage to property with the school as the crime scene. Last year, the deeds added up to 729, in front layers Pankow (100), Marzahn-Hellersdorf (85) and Reinickendorf (78). Around 100 alleged perpetrators were identified by the police. There are more than 800 schools in Berlin.
The Senate noted, “School vandalism and burglaries are crimes seen citywide and across all types of schools.” The perpetrators often come from the student’s environment or are students or former students themselves. The reasons for vandalism range “from experience, from general vandalism to frustration with one’s own (failing) success at school”. Some acts would also be started from certain groups and the so-called group dynamics. The police offer schools a lot of advice on burglary protection, locking systems and the power of keys of individual employees.
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