The Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis police present the crime statistics for the year at press conferences.
You can find the statistics from previous years in the download area on the right.
The police crime statistics (PKS) are used to monitor regional and supra-regional crime as well as individual types of offense, the scope and composition of the group of suspects and changes in crime quotients (ratios used for comparative assessment of crime). Furthermore, it provides a basis for gaining knowledge for preventive and prosecutorial crime prevention, for organizational planning and decisions as well as for criminological-sociological research and crime policy measures. It is therefore an important tool in the performance of various police and criminal investigation tasks.
The PCS is a so-called baseline statistic. This means that the PKS only shows the criminal offenses known to the police and processed by them, including attempts punishable by law, and that statistics are only recorded when they are handed over to the public prosecutor's office (StA) or the court. It also provides information on the number of suspects identified and a range of other details on cases or victims. Cases of politically motivated crime, traffic offenses and administrative offenses are not included.
It can therefore not be assumed that there is a fixed relationship between crimes committed and crimes recorded statistically. In addition, the comparability of police crime statistics in certain offense areas can be significantly impaired by changes in the law. Taking these influencing factors into account, the PCS is an important instrument in the performance of police work.