Accentuated by closings related to containment, burglaries in "commercial establishments and companies" increased by more than 50% in the first quarter of 2020, compared to 2019, the prefecture of police announced on Thursday evening.
The prefecture has identified 1,114 burglaries in the first quarter of the year, including the confinement period started in France on March 17, against 714 in 2019, an increase of 56%.
An underestimated figure?
"The pharmacies have been burgled a lot," notes an official from the Paris City Hall, "to steal rare goods such as masks or certain medicines, but also because pharmacies are the few open shops and therefore have cash" .
Burglaries of main residences have decreased (3,160 in 2020 against 3,224 in the first quarter of 2019, i.e. a decrease of 1.99%), according to data from the police headquarters. But, "we fear that they are largely underestimated," notes the source of the City Hall. "There are people who have left Paris, and who have not noticed whether they have had a burglary or not. "
Physical and sexual violence on the decline
Physical violence, villainous or not, is also on the decline, such as auto theft, trailer theft, destruction, damage and arson, according to the document. Sexual violence also fell to 679 against 706, last year at the same period, or -3.82%., The PS mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, asked to deploy more police in the north -is the capital where delinquency would persist despite confinement. The crowds generated by the opening of shops where alcohol is on sale, burglaries and the persistence of drug trafficking are the three main reasons for concern raised by the Town Hall in its letter.
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