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Many peaceful people celebrated at around 30 events in Dortmund: Police draw a positive conclusion
Dortmund (ots) –
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The police drew a positive conclusion from the course of the approximately 30 small and large cultural events and district festivals in Dortmund over the weekend. The police, the public order office and private security services were deployed at these events in the city districts and in the city center to show their presence, to be approachable for citizens and to be able to intervene quickly in special cases. The riot police were also deployed. There were no outstanding events.
24,300 visitors took part in the Festival of Lights in Westfalenpark on Saturday (31 August 2024) alone. Apart from a verbal argument between two families and several fence climbers identified by security who did not want to pay the entrance fee, the Festival of Lights was peaceful.
5,000 citizens attended the traditional Münsterstrasse festival with lots of information and stands from clubs and institutions in the Nordstadt. From the police's point of view, this festival, which was organized by many volunteers – like the numerous other events on Friday and Saturday in Dortmund – was peaceful. The Nordstadt police are active in numerous Nordstadt networks and were on site.
At a well-attended district festival in Aplerbecke, the police checked 93 people. 40 were searched. The police and the public order office were also on duty in Aplerbeck. Contact the authorities with 23 parents whose young children could not cope with the consumption of alcohol. On Saturday evening, the emergency services treated a 17-year-old who was found in a helpless position after drinking alcohol. After an assault (punch) on Saturday, the police are investigating an adult.
From the police's point of view, it was a weekend in which many families set out to sell at the large number of events in Dortmund. The vast majority of festival-goers behaved peacefully at the 30 events.
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This report was transmitted by the Dortmund police on September 1st, 2024, 09:50 a.m.
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Crime statistics on violent crime in the Dortmund district
According to the Police Crime Statistics (PKS) of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), in the district of Dortmund in 2016 2022 in total 2912 crimes in the category violent crime 19% of these were attempted crimes. In 25 cases, a firearm was threatened, and in 16 cases, it was used. Last year, the number of Enlightenment quote of crimes with a violent background in 66%Of a total of 2,344 suspects, 1,967 men and 377 women were identified. 41% of the suspects are of non-German origin.
| Change | Number of suspects |
|---|---|
| under 21 | 733 |
| 21 to 25 | 262 |
| 25 to 30 | 331 |
| 30 to 40 | 511 |
| 40 to 50 | 287 |
| 50 to 60 | 151 |
| over 60 | 69 |
In 2021, the BKA's police crime statistics recorded 2,243 crimes in the violent crime category in the Dortmund district, with a clearance rate of 72%.
The BKA classifies the criminal offense “violent crime” as including murder and manslaughter, rape and sexual assault, robbery, as well as dangerous and serious bodily harm and mutilation of female organs.
+++ Editorial note: This text was created based on current data from Blue light report of the press portal and crime statistics of the BKA. Submitted by news aktuell: To the press portal announcementIn order to inform you as quickly as possible, these texts are updated based on data and checked randomly. If you have any comments or questions, please contact [email protected]. +++
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