Burglars surprised: Handgeme in Tyrol ends with arrest!

Burglars surprised: Handgeme in Tyrol ends with arrest!

Pill, Tirol, Österreich - On May 26, 2025, Pill, Tyrol, occurred a surprising incident when a 28-year-old Austrian surprised a 62-year-old Czech who had entered his apartment via an open window. The break -in happened around 11.30 a.m. and quickly developed into a handmade in the basement of the house. The perpetrator initially fled through the same window, but was later placed and arrested by a police patrol on the Innufer. The apartment owner suffered slight injuries to the forearms in this incident and thus became the victim of a burglary theft, which according to Section 244 of the Criminal Code describes the unauthorized penetration into a living space with theft intent.

The criminal offender has already been convicted has a criminal past in the Czech Republic and was then transferred to the Innsbruck police recess center. Such attacks are part of a worrying trend that has been observed in recent years. 5min.at reports that…

general trends in burglaries

According to Statista, there were a total of 119,000 thefts in Germany in 2023, with 77,800 of which were the die of housing. This increase after Corona pandemic is significant, but also shows that the numbers are over 50% lower than in 2015, when there were 167,000 cases. Especially in urban federal states such as Bremen, Berlin and Hamburg, the risk of burglary is highest, the lowest risk is found in Bavaria.

The highest burglary rate 2023 was recorded in Mülheim an der Ruhr with 283 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while Fürth had the lowest rate with only 33 cases. In 2023, the clarification rate for burglary theft was only 14.9%, which is strikingly low compared to the overall quota of all criminal offenses of 58.4%. Statista informs about…

The crime statistics also show that the proportion of foreigners in the suspects rose to a maximum. In the case of enlightened burglaries, the proportion of foreigners in 2023 was 42.9%. This proportion was particularly high in Hamburg with 65.6% and the lowest in Thuringia with 15.4%.

reactions and follow

The recent incidents like in Pill throw a light on the concerns of the population with regard to their safety in their own four walls. The mental consequential damage and the feeling of violation of privacy can often be noticeable long after an incident. It remains to be seen which measures are taken by the authorities to better protect the population and strengthen the feeling of security. Tirol.orf reports that ...