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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - The number of break-ins and pickpockets in Hamburg fell again in 2020, according to preliminary estimates by the police.
"The shutdown in the spring and various other restrictions in everyday life resulted in a decline in general crime in the police bright field," said a police spokeswoman.
It is still unclear how the lockdown worked at the end of the year.
The crime recorded by the police is referred to as brightfield.
According to police crime statistics, the number of burglaries in 2019 fell by 6.3 percent to 4,313 cases.
During the Corona restrictions in spring, significantly fewer break-ins were carried out than in the same period of the previous year, the spokeswoman said.
Even during the subsequent easing in summer there was no adjustment to the previous year's level.
The main cause is the changed everyday routines of the population.
People were staying more at home, increasing the likelihood that burglars would be discovered in the act.
"This is also supported by the significantly increased number of attempts during the first shutdown," said the spokeswoman.
The increased police presence to enforce containment measures should also have prevented break-ins.
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The police do not rule out that burglars switch to other objects that receive less attention in Corona times.
According to the police, the increase in break-ins into floor and basement rooms in spring 2020 could speak for this.
The decline in pickpockets is also particularly clear, it said.
With the beginning of the lockdown, the number dropped suddenly, for which the corona measures are likely to be responsible.
Since May the number of pickpockets has slowly increased again, but is still below the level of previous years.
In 2019, the police had registered 11 722 acts of this kind in Hamburg, 15.2 percent fewer than in the previous year.
The exact figures for 2020 are expected to be published in February.
Police crime statistics for 2019