Unknown harassment chases schoolchildren in Coburg - witnesses wanted!

Unknown harassment chases schoolchildren in Coburg - witnesses wanted!

in Coburg, the late Friday evening, May 23, 2025, occurred: an unknown man molested two 16-year-old students near a cinema. The incident occurred around 10:15 p.m. when the students were on the stairs of the cinema. After the confrontation, the girls ran into the cinema, where an employee immediately informed the police. An investigation against the unknown because of the threat and insult was initiated, but the first search for the man was unsuccessful. The police urgently seek witnesses on this matter who may have observed something. Serial information can be reported on the phone number 09561-645-0, such as Infranken reported.

In the same city, another incident occurred with young people a few days earlier: a 15-year-old is said to have attacked a homeless man on Monday when he slept on a park bench. The young person suddenly attacked the 33-year-old, hit and stepped towards him and then searched his things. The homeless cell phone was destroyed. The man suffered considerable head injuries and had to be taken to the hospital. The police arrested the 15-year-old after the attack, and an investigative judge issued an arrest warrant. Another young man, who was initially arrested as a possible accomplice, could be released later, since no urgent suspicion of crime, such as Süddeutsche reported.

youth crime in focus

The incidents in Coburg take a look at the broad topic of youth crime in Germany. According to a study by the Federal Center for Political Education, youth crime is mostly a male phenomenon and not a specific problem of minorities. While the majority of young people hire their criminal behavior with growing up, statistical surveys show that up to 70% of the pupils have become delinquent in the past 12 months. A nationwide student survey of 2007/2008 showed that 43.7% of the male and 23.6% of the female students of crimes reported, according to the bpb .

Although severe forms of youth crime are comparatively rare, a Duisburg longitudinal study shows that 84% of boys and 69% of the girls between the ages of 13 and 18 became delinquent at least once. Violent offenses show vehemently differences between gender: the accumulated prevalence rates for boys are 61%, and for girls 37%. In addition, there has been a declining trend in youth crime in recent years, which has been reinforced by the Covid 19 pandemic. Social backgrounds, such as integration and individual deficits, also play a role in the discussion about youth delinquency. Nonetheless, the display of the adolescent is low, which leads to inadequate visibility of this phenomenon.

The police and society therefore face the challenge of packing these problems at the root in order not only to take symptomatic measures, but also to find long -term solutions and to support the young people in their development.