Selfie leads to the arrest: Burglars caught in Vienna!

Selfie leads to the arrest: Burglars caught in Vienna!

Wien-Simmering, Österreich - On June 12, 2025, there was a arrest in the Vienna district of Simmering, which is due to a rather unusual turn of a break -in. A 40-year-old Slovak citizen is suspected of having broken into an office on June 6th. According to information from vienna.at the perpetrator reached the office space through an open window and stolen a mobile phone.

The crucial indication came when the suspect made a selfie with the stolen cell phone. The automatic synchronization function uploaded this image on the data platform, whereupon the owner of the cell phone gained access to the photo. The owner in turn showed the picture to his brother -in -law, who recognized the man in the supermarket and informed the police.

suspicious arrested

The police finally arrested the suspect. During the search, the officials found five ATM cards, which confirms the suspicion of further theft. However, the stolen mobile phone has not yet been secured. The 40-year-old was not confessed with the interrogation. The Vienna public prosecutor's office ordered an advertisement at large, while further investigations are underway.

Another incident in Vienna favorites illustrates the continuing problems with burglaries in the capital. There, a 54-year-old man overwhelmed a burglar who had entered his apartment. The 41-year-old Hungarian citizen had reached the apartment through an open balcony door and tried to escape through it again when he was discovered by the apartment owner. According to KURIER , the apartment-based man recorded the break-in until the police arrived, where alleged thiefs were found during a search. However, this burglar was not confessed.

insights into crime statistics

The incidents described here are part of a major problem that not only affects Vienna. Around 5.63 million crimes were recorded in Germany in 2022, including an alarming number of thefts. In the same year there were 1.78 million thefts recorded in the police, which is an increase compared to the previous year. The most common types of thefts concerned shoplifting, bicycle thefts and thefts in and from motor vehicles. The burglary of the apartments experienced an increase between 2006 and 2015, but declined from 2016 to 2021 before they rose again in 2022, as reported by ​​Statista

whether with modern technologies or classic methods of coping with the crime, the police continue to see themselves against a variety of challenges and tries to counteract the growing crime in urban spaces.