Police are looking for witnesses: Seven thieves rob Shell-petrol station in Angersdorf!

Police are looking for witnesses: Seven thieves rob Shell-petrol station in Angersdorf!

Lauchstädter Straße 1, 06132 Angersdorf, Deutschland - A joint theft caused excitement at the Shell petrol station in Angersdorf on February 23, 2025. Around 5 p.m., seven unknown perpetrators entered the business and left large chaos. According to initial information, the Halleanzeiger. The alleged perpetrators were worth 251.91 euros. At 5:20 p.m. they left the petrol station, which had previously held witnesses and recordings of the security systems.

The identification of these people has so far been difficult. The Halle District Court (Saale) has already ordered the publication of surveillance camera images to help the police receive information from the population. Witnesses who have something about the perpetrators or tips on clarification are invited to contact the police station saalekreis on 03461 446-0 or by email to prev-sk@polizei.sachsen-anhalt.de.

theft statistics in Germany

The cases of theft increase in Germany in a alarming way. According to Statista, around 1.78 million thefts were recorded by the police in 2022, which represents an increase compared to the previous year. Particularly noteworthy: This has been the first increase in the theft offenses since 2015. In the last statistics there are also a variety of other types of theft, with loading steels with 344,669 cases and thefts from vehicles with 235.732 cases among the most common [Statista] (https://de.statista.com/themen/2448/kriminalitaet-in-Deutschland-dieble-undraub/).

In North Rhine-Westphalia, where Angersdorf is also located, over 23,500 burglaries were recorded in 2022. The clearance rate for burglary theft has remained only 16.1%, while those of car thefts were around 31.1%. The development of crime makes it clear that security at petrol stations and in shops is increasingly in the focus of the public police and the citizens.

similar incidents in Thuringia

Another theft at a Shell petrol station recently reported from Thuringia, where an unknown driver fueled his VW and left an invoice of 125 euros without paying. The incident that occurred in March shows that such offenses are not only in Saxony-Anhalt, but also in the whole of Germany Thuringia24.

These incidents make it clear that theft and crime generally represent a serious topic for the police and the citizens. With every new statistics and every new incident it becomes clear that the cooperation between the population and the police plays an important role in order to finally contain such crimes.