The local police (city of Wiesbaden) did their analysis over crime in 2020, and released the results yesterday.
So there are four observations I can make over the report:
1. Statistically-speaking, it was the lowest crime year in the 36 years that they kept numbers. A lot of this though....led to people staying at home, or avoiding street activity. The city did bring up the fact that a lot of cameras were installed over the past two years, and part of the credit might be camera action.
2. Burglar action decreased (18-percent) over the previous year. The given reason? Home-office. Maybe to some degree, that did help in day-time hours, but with people doing less night-time socializing....homes were generally occupied a lot more than usual. That's also true over vacation periods in 2020.....where people didn't travel or go anywhere.
3. One odd statistic here....usually with most crimes....a lot of them don't lead back to the guy involved. He usually just walks away. With the city's numbers....roughly half of the culprits were figured out....sooner or later.
4. Finally, domestic violence went up around 15-percent. This is probably another result of the 'stay-at-home' campaign, and the 948 acts that cops were called upon....probably were closely connected the Covid-19 business.
Over all, I'd say that it's a pretty good police report, but all this success? It's tied to Covid-19 influencing crime to a great extent. If it ever does go away.....the numbers will change to reflect a different culture.
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