Burglary in the Berka swimming pool: Police are urgently looking for witnesses!

Burglary in the Berka swimming pool: Police are urgently looking for witnesses!

In the calm community of Berka/Werra, an incident occurred on July 10, 2025 that makes the residents listen to. Unknowns have violently broken into a local swimming pool and stole two phones. The value of these devices has not yet been known, but the police estimate the property damage to around 1,500 euros. The Gotha State Police Inspection has started the investigation and asks the population for information about the perpetrators or the act on 03691-261124 (reference number: 0178258/2025) reports news.de .

This is not the first break -in of this kind in the region. Already on the night of 23 June 24, 2025 there were several burglaries in Berka/Werra. The crime scenes included a flower shop and a fishing house. The first break -in occurred between 6:00 p.m. and 8:40 a.m., with the window of the flower shop being corrected and the cash register was stolen with change. A property damage of 300 euros was caused. A window pane was hit in the fishing home, which resulted in damage of around 100 euros. In these cases, the police are also looking for witnesses informs Eisenachonline.de .

burglary statistics and effects

The numbers that take a look at the general crime situation in Germany are no less alarming. For the first time in 2023 there was an increase in housing burglary thefts for the first time in 2023, with around 119,000 registered cases. Of these, around 77,800 falls into the category of violent entry, which means a significant impairment of security for the citizens concerned. This increase in burglaries is also a noticeable consequence of Corona pandemic, which was added to people in many ways. While the clarification rate in the entire area is only 14.9%, the highest proportion of foreigners of the suspects in the enlightened cases is to be determined with 42.9% .