Violence in Rüdersdorf and Vogelsdorf: The police have to intervene immediately!

Violence in Rüdersdorf and Vogelsdorf: The police have to intervene immediately!

On the night of Sunday, August 8, 2025, the police in Rüdersdorf and Vogelsdorf had to intervene twice. In both cases, these were violent clashes that throw a worrying light on the current security situation.

In Rüdersdorf there was a fight between two youth groups around 2 a.m. in Puschkinstraße 33a. The dispute started harmlessly with insulting words, but quickly developed into a tangible physical argument. According to MOZ.de, a young man who was held and beaten had to be brought to the Rüdersdorf hospital with several participants. The exact reasons for the outbreak of violence are currently unclear and the police have initiated investigations.

Discussion in Vogelsdorf

Just a few hours later, around 10:40 p.m., a police operation was also required in Vogelsdorf after two heavily alcoholic people had clashed in the Grenzstrasse. There were also mutual assault: a woman suffered a reddened cheek while her male opponent born away a swollen lower lip. The woman's aggressive behavior even led her to damaged the man's furniture. Despite the presence of the police, the situation did not calm down, which finally resulted in a arrest of the woman. This was released after a night in the custody on the following day, but another argument that ended in a physical argument. The woman is temporarily accommodated by a family member.

However, the incidents in Rüdersdorf and Vogelsdorf are not the only ones that the police authorities currently employ. An incident of January 21, 2025, in which a 19-year-old man was attacked by an unknown perpetrator with a knife on a pedestrian bridge in Rüdersdorf. Fortunately, he was able to escape with a superficial wound treated in a hospital. Here, too, the criminal police are investigating to clarify the background of the attack. Details can be found on [police.brandenburg.de] (https://polizei.brandenburg.de/pressemeldung/ermittlungen-ein management/5383827).

The trend of violent crime

Where does society control when such acts of violence occurs? According to Statista, violent crimes in Germany make up less than 4% of all police crimes, but they massively influence the feeling of security of the population. In 2024 over 217,000 violent crimes were registered, the highest number since 2007. A worrying trend! The data show that the number of acts of violence has increased again since 2021, with economic uncertainties and social burdens being further examined as possible reasons. This emerges from the surveys on stista.ta.com.

It becomes clear that the topics of violence and aggression are concerned for many citizens. A survey showed that 94% of German violence against people from politics, police and rescue services as a major problem. These developments raise questions that urgently need to be answered in order to strengthen the feeling of security in everyday life.