Rubbish container lit in Suhl - police are looking for witnesses!

Rubbish container lit in Suhl - police are looking for witnesses!

In the night of Saturday, July 12, 2025, there was a nightly incident in Julius-Fucik-Straße in Suhl. At around 2:30 a.m., previously unknown perpetrators set fire to the contents of a dummy container. Thanks to the quick action of an attentive passerby, the fire could be deleted in good time before major damage was caused. The police have started the investigation and are looking for witnesses who can report under the file number 0180043 at the Suhl Inspection Service. This message published the State Police Inspection Suhl on the morning of July 13, 2025.

The fire is not the only incident that has recently attracted the attention of the authorities. Especially in the past few days there have been reports about a traffic accident escape. On Friday, July 4th to Saturday, July 5, 2025, a black Seat, which was parked on a rented parking space on Kleine Beerbergstrasse, was damaged. The perpetrator moved away from the scene of the accident. Here the police are also looking for witnesses who can provide information about the fleeting vehicle. Information on this can be sent directly to the inspection service Suhl, by phone at 03681 369-0 or by email to Id.sf.suhl@polizei.thueringen.de . More information can be found on the website of Thuringian police

Current crime situation

The development of crime in Germany has been quite complex in recent years. According to the police crime statistics of the Federal Criminal Police Office in 2024 there was a decline in crimes by 1.7 % to around 5.84 million cases. One main reason for this decline is fewer cannabis offenses that have been due to partialization since April 1, 2024. Nevertheless, there is a noticeable increase in crimes that affect the feeling of security.

In the statistics, thefts, fraud, fraud and rawness offenses are always very popular. Crimes against life, such as murder and homicide, only make up 0.1 % of the registered cases, while 2.2 % of sexual offenses are eliminated. It is particularly striking that in 2024 the proportion of non -German suspect rose to 41.8 %, which also contributes to the discussion about the crime situation. Compared to previous years, the convictions, mainly male, rose by 1.5 %, which shows a certain continuity in law enforcement.

While we are repeatedly confronted with such incidents in our region, the clearance rate of registered crimes remains with relatively stable 58 %. This shows that the police continue to have a waxing eye on the events and that citizens are calling for citizens to report suspicious observations.