Crime statistics: strong increase in offenses among young people

Vienna – In the evaluation of the police advertising statistics 2024, there was a “massive increase in youth crime”, as Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) explained at a press conference in Vienna on Monday. Karner described this area as a “problem child” because the perpetrators in this area are getting younger and younger. The advertisements with suspects aged ten to 14 have doubled in recent years. In 2024 there were around 12,000 ads here.