Burglars do their mischief: Police in Haldensleben is looking for witnesses!

Burglars do their mischief: Police in Haldensleben is looking for witnesses!

Irxleben, Deutschland - Lately, the region around Irxleben has always been haunted by burglaries. On June 24, 2025, an attempted break -in was reported to a family home in Niederndodeleber Strasse. How Saxony-Anhalt reported, the perpetrator had tried to force himself through a tilted window. Fortunately, the alarm system was triggered, which caused the perpetrator to escape without stealing anything. The police asks possible witnesses for information on 03904/478-0.

But that was not the only incident that day. In Badeleben there was a burglary in a workshop between 24 and 25 June 2025. Here, unknown perpetrators violently reached the factory hall and stole various tools, especially chainsaws. The damage amounts to remarkable 27,000 euros, and the suspects had loaded the tools on a van parked near the cemetery. In this case, too, the police were asked for evidence.

burglary wave in the region

The two incidents are in a worrying context. As the Volksstimme have been reported in the past few days, there have been irxleben, Meitzendorf, Wefensleben and bucket life several burglaries. So there was a break -in in a single -family house on Morgenstraße in Irxleben and in a house on Vogelsang in Meitzendorf. In both cases, the perpetrators lifted windows and stolen several thousand euros in the form of cash and jewelry. This shows that the burglars are targeted and have larger prey in their sights.

"Burglaries often happen in the late afternoon hours when many people are on the move," explain security experts. The slump in Wefensleben, where several tools were stolen, also shows that workshops and garages are increasingly being targeted by the perpetrators.

The increase in burglary figures

It is no secret that the burglary figures in Germany have increased in recent years. The current data from police crime statistics 2023 show that there were around 77,800 registered burglary theft last year, which corresponds to an increase of 181 percent compared to the previous year. Wie Notrufexperten unterstreichen, riskiert fast jeder zweite Einbrecher, bei seinem Vorhaben erwischt zu werden, oft bedingt durch Zeitmangel. Therefore, experts advise to invest in security measures such as burglar -resistant windows and doors as well as alarm systems.

The police appealed to the population of being attentive and reporting suspects or vehicles. Both the attempted slump in Irxleben and theft in Badeleben illustrate that the perpetrators always appear brazen and that we, as a citizen, have to be Alert to protect ourselves.