Attempted robbery in Frankenberg: Perpetrator injured 37-year-old brutally!

Attempted robbery in Frankenberg: Perpetrator injured 37-year-old brutally!

Äußere Freiberger Straße, 09581 Frankenberg, Deutschland - Last Saturday afternoon, July 13, 2025, a 37-year-old man in Frankenberg was the goal of an attempted robbery. The incident happened around 2:10 p.m. on Outer Freiberger Straße, where an unknown perpetrator claimed the victim's cell phone. When the man refused, the attacker overreacted and started violently.

The perpetrator hit and stepped on the victim, but let off the cell phone and fled without prey. The victim had to be treated medically in a hospital due to his injuries. The incident once again shows the questionable situation with regard to crime in Germany, where the number of predatory crimes according to Statista in 2022 was over 38,000 cases.

search according to the perpetrator

The police immediately started investigations into attempted robbery and is now looking for witnesses who can provide information about the perpetrator. This is described as about 1.60 meters tall and approximately 30 years old. He had black hair and a dark beard, and was dressed in a black sweater and light blue jeans. A red lanyard that he held in one hand was particularly striking. Witnesses are asked to report to the Mittweida police station on the phone number (03727) 98 00 to help the victim and to advance the investigation, reports Blick .

After the perpetrator fled, the question remains in the room how often such incidents actually occur in the region. The statistics show that robberies, even if they do not represent the most common form of crime compared to other offenses such as theft, are still a serious problem. In 2022, Germany recorded over 1,060 handbag cases and 628 raids on petrol stations.

crime in Germany

The general crime in our country includes all crimes, with the numbers according to Freie Presse show that around 5.63 million criminal offenses were recorded in Germany. Even if the number of predatory murders has been halved in the past 20 years, the statistics show that predatory offenses still require a lot of attention.

The clarification rate for robberies is almost 60 %, which means that in many cases the perpetrators are caught. This gives hope that even in the event of this attempted attack in Frankenberg, clarity can be created quickly. The police appealed to the citizens of being vigilant and reporting suspicious observations immediately.