More than 30,300 digital crimes in 2021
In 2021, around 30,351 crimes were registered by the police in the digital space. Across Switzerland, 31,186 burglaries and sneak-ins were registered by the police. 5 percent less, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office in the Police Crime Statistics (PKS).
No fewer than 30,351 crimes in the digital space were registered in 2021. According to the Police Crime Statistics (PKS), this is 24 percent more crimes with a digital component than in 2020, which would correspond to an average of 83 digital crimes per day, the Federal Statistical Office writes in a statement. Nearly 88 percent of the crimes involved cyber-economic crime.
Cyber fraud had increased the most. It had emerged that two types of fraud were particularly prevalent. Most frequently, crimes were committed with paid goods on classified ad platforms that were not delivered; second most frequently, online payment systems or foreign identities or personal identification data were misused to commit fraud. Please offense types are in the range of over 6600 registered offenses.
85 burglaries per day and more e-bike thefts
The number of burglaries and sneak-ins, on the other hand, has been steadily decreasing since 2012. In 2021, 31,186 burglaries and sneak-ins were committed throughout Switzerland, 5 percent less than in 2020. Burglaries and sneak-ins are still and most frequently committed in apartments and houses. That was a total of around 17,074 crimes last year. On the other hand, theft from and to vehicles has increased. This number had increased by 995 cases. Even jumped the theft of e-bike vehicles at a figure of 47 percent. Conventional bicycles, on the other hand, are being stolen less frequently.
According to the statistics, 42 completed homicides were registered by the police in 2021. However, this is one of the lowest values since the beginning of the survey in 1982.
Source: Federal Statistical Office / PKS
