Burglaries are the only crime that has increased since the beginning of the year in the streets of the capital, reports “Le Parisien”.
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DCrimes on the rise in the streets of the capital. As revealed The Parisian, which has figures from the police headquarters, no less than 30 burglaries have taken place every day in Paris since the beginning of the year. With more than 8,000 complaints filed in 2022, they are even the only offense on the rise (+ 29%) over the year in the capital.
In detail, the very chic 15e district is more popular with thugs with 961 burglaries recorded, a figure up 11% compared to the previous year. The 18e (777 flights) and 16e boroughs (675) also give pride of place to burglars. The largest year-on-year increase is recorded in the 19e district, which, with 646 incidents reported, saw these offenses almost double (+ 89%). With 243 thefts reported to the police, on 18e arrondissement is the least affected in 2022.READ ALSOSecurity: the ranking of the safest cities in France unveiled “Paris attracts all kinds of burglars, opportunists, serial teams, unaccompanied minors, those from Eastern European countries…” explains to our colleagues Bernard Bobrowska, the territorial director of local security. The Parisian explains that many “clans” of burglars, from Serbia, Morocco, Algeria, South America but also from France, roam the streets of the capital.
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Some high-flying heists
While many individuals are directly targeted, high-end thugs prefer to attack personalities from upscale neighborhoods, where a single burglary can cost several hundred thousand euros. This was the case in November, in the Invalides district, where the heir to a large luxury family was robbed of more than 400,000 euros worth of jewelry and leather goods, or even rue Saint-Martin, in the 4e arrondissement, where a photographer saw the burglary of which she was the victim being valued at 140,000 euros. These cases are entrusted to investigators from the Paris judicial police.
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Faced with this scourge, which worries Parisians more and more, the authorities have increased the number of pedestrian patrols in uniform to deter thieves and reassure the population. Clearly increasing, video surveillance cameras in the street, but also in the common areas of buildings and in housing, also allow investigators to elucidate a large part of burglaries. Without stopping the phenomenon.