According to Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU), Saxony remains a safe federal state despite an increase in crime figures. The general crime rate remains low in a multi-year comparison, he said on Tuesday at the presentation of the crime statistics for 2023. At the same time, the overall crime clearance rate has climbed to 60.9 percent, the highest level in the past ten years. A total of 260,800 crimes were registered in the area of general crime last year, 5.1% more than in the previous year. This figure does not include cases involving foreign nationals, such as illegal entry.
The trend varied in individual areas. Violent crime saw the strongest increase in the past ten years at 16.2 percent. In total, there were 9151 cases. The clearance rate here was 79.2 percent. Most of the cases involved dangerous and grievous bodily harm. At the same time, the police registered 27 cases of murder, manslaughter and homicide on demand (2022: 26).
The authorities have recorded a significant increase in attacks on emergency services and law enforcement officers and emergency services in recent years: there were 2362 cases in 2023, compared to 1714 in 2019.
