The burglary gangs that are still active rely on the fact that they sneak through poorly visible gardens or backyards to break open patio doors or windows, or that their sometimes acrobatic stunts, during which they like to climb onto balconies on the lower floors, go unnoticed by the neighbors.
The criminals firmly expect that they will no longer be asked who they want to see when they simply press a doorbell button on apartment buildings. As a rule, the front door is opened for them uncontrollably, if it was locked at all...
Police officers are always on the lookout for suspects in our neighborhoods. Despite this, burglaries are reported time and time again, which could have been prevented by well-secured windows and doors or vigilant neighbors.
Police officers will not let up in the fight against these criminal activities, but they still need the support of all Oberhausen residents.
Close the windows on the upper floors too!
"Tilted" windows are often not a problem for acrobatic burglars, but a "good opportunity" and opportunity makes thieves.
Light up the rear, usually dark areas of the house or garden!
In these weeks and months in particular, criminals gain access to houses and apartments via gardens or rear property areas.
Lock the doors to your home!
Locked apartment doors are no challenge for skilled burglars. The lock opens in just a few seconds.
Control strangers who want to enter your stairwell!
If criminals open the front doors of your home without being controlled, they will look for neighbors' homes to break into and rummage through without being disturbed.
Keep front doors locked!
If burglars don't even have to ring the doorbell to get into your stairwell, they will have an easy time with their criminal activities.
Watchful neighbors and technically well-secured homes are still the most important building blocks in our successful fight against burglars and are now more important than ever.
But patrol cars and plainclothes detectives are also out and about in your neighborhood around the clock and need your eyes and ears.
Please support us in our daily fight against all criminals and inform us immediately by calling 110 if you see anything suspicious in your neighborhood.
We will come straight away and sort it out - PROMISE!
Simultaneously with the launch of the Oberhausen home burglary radar, the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) is starting the promotional program 159 "Burglary protection", which now specifically promotes individual measures to protect against burglary. Further information can be found on the KfW website and in the leaflet "Burglary protection"
Over 40 percent of all domestic burglaries do not succeed because homes in Oberhausen are well secured. Our technical advisors will help you to technically secure your own four walls free of charge.
Call us: 0208 826 4511.
The figures published weekly in the home burglary radar are based on the cases reported in Oberhausen in the previous week and are recorded in the incoming statistics.
The incoming statistics show the information that is recorded immediately when the report is made. It therefore shows how many offenses have been reported. When looking at these statistics, it is important to know that crimes are also counted here that subsequently turn out not to be such. In other words, the investigations reveal that no crime or a different crime was committed than originally assumed. When a crime is reported, it may turn out differently than the subsequent investigation reveals.
A recorded theft can thus turn into a robbery, for example, due to the previously unknown circumstances of the crime. It is therefore an unfiltered image of what is received by the authorities and has the invaluable advantage that the police are quickly put in a position to react immediately to developing priorities.
In contrast, there are the police crime statistics:
These are output statistics, which means that the facts are recorded here that are then passed on to the judiciary for prosecution in the next step.
Compared to the input statistics, the data quality here is much higher, as the investigations have been completed accordingly and the crime committed is clearly defined. However, the distortion factor must be taken into account here. For example, if an offense from 2019 is not completed until the following year, it will only be recorded in the PCS for 2020. The initial statistics provide a well-founded picture of crime in a municipal area.
This has the advantage that the police can analyse criminally relevant behaviour in depth in order to deal with the identified focal points in a conceptual and sustainable manner. Both statistics are of irreplaceable value for day-to-day police work. They complement each other in gaining criminally relevant findings in order to make police work as effective and efficient as possible.
Until 2019, the authorities' goals were to To reduce the number of cases of burglary and pickpocketing and increase the detection rate for these two crimes. This goal was successfully achieved with priority checks, a stronger presence, raising public awareness of the issue of home security and a cross-directorate strategy.
In 2019, 335 domestic burglaries were recorded and 486 pickpocketing offences - the lowest number of cases in the last ten years at that time.
When the authorities' strategy was launched in 2013, there were still 982 domestic burglaries. By 2019, the number of reported domestic burglaries had been reduced by almost two thirds. And to keep it that way, the successful strategy is being maintained, albeit no longer as a focus for the authorities.
At the joint contact point at Marktstraße 47 - 49 (municipal public order service (KOD) and Oberhausen police), police experts provide free advice to all citizens on how they can effectively protect their own four walls against home burglars with technical security measures.
We provide information here on the ongoing development of home burglary crime in Oberhausen. Only the residential burglaries of the past week, including attempted burglaries, are shown on the overview map.
The exact streets and house numbers of the crime scenes are not visible for data protection reasons. In addition, we also report on individual residential or other burglaries in press releases. Details of individual crimes, crime scenes and possible suspects are then also provided.
