More and more violence against women: Alarming increase in crimes!

More and more violence against women: Alarming increase in crimes!

Recent reports on crimes against women show alarming figures and point to a worrying trend. On November 19, 2024, the Vice President of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Michael Kretschmer, presented the new situation report on gender-specific crimes against women, which shows an increase in both prejudice-driven crimes and other crimes committed primarily against women. This includes a significant 56.3 percent increase in bias-motivated crimes compared to last year, including 29 recorded misogynistic violent crimes, almost double the number recorded in 2022. In fact, there were 180,715 female victims of domestic violence and 52,330 victims of sexual crimes, an increase of 5.6 percent and 6.2 percent respectively. The devastating statistics also show that 938 women were violently killed, underscoring the urgency of the issue BKA.de reported.

Rapidly increasing cybercrime and attempted fraud

In addition to rising rates of violence against women, society is suffering from a rise in cybercrime. Like a report from orf.at shows there were over 4,000 fraud charges in 2023, with that number potentially exceeded this year. The population is particularly troubled by criminal phishing emails in which money is supposed to be transferred from the ÖGK or other institutions, but most of these are fakes. Michael Steidl from the police crime prevention department points out that the ÖGK does not send such messages and calls on people to contact the police immediately if they are unsure. These criminal activities are often difficult to understand and can have dangerous consequences for the victims.

Given these alarming trends, it is clear that both security agencies and society as a whole are called upon to take action to protect women and combat cybercrime. Calculating and publishing such data is crucial to preventing and combating these atrocities.