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Hanover (dpa / lni) - Around 40,000 people in Lower Saxony will receive questionnaires from the State Criminal Police Office from mid-March.
The representative and anonymous survey in around 90 municipalities is intended to provide information on crimes that have not been reported.
The Ministry of the Interior wants to gain insights into the so-called dark field of crime.
"The knowledge gained from the study will help the police to fight crime even better and to perform crime prevention more effectively," said the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior.
Participation in the study is voluntary.
The focus of the dark field study is the topic of domestic violence.
“We know that very few acts are reported by those affected.
In the lockdown in particular, however, we need to know whether there is any increase here and how we can continue to counteract and
help people who suffer from violent partners, "said Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD).
The police can only take countermeasures at an early stage if they have as comprehensive a picture of the crime as possible.
In addition to information about the brightfield - crime that is known from reports or investigations - knowledge about the darkfield is required.
The survey is the fourth dark field study.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, Lower Saxony was the first federal state to organize such a survey.
"These studies are now recognized nationwide and have given many valuable impulses for future investigative and preventive work within the police in recent years," it said.
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About the dark field study
Press release on the study