Fewer crimes in the canton of Zurich

Offenses against the Criminal Code (SCC) have shown a linear downward trend since 2005, with the exception of 2012. In 2014, the 99,000 or so offenses under the Criminal Code were more than 8,700 or 8.1% lower than in the previous year and thus at the lowest level since 1980 (first Crime statistics for the canton of Zurich), as the Zurich Cantonal Police (Kapo) recently announced at its media conference. However, the development in the various crime areas must be differentiated: The decline in overall crime was mainly due to a decrease in property crimes: Here, a decrease of 6,300 offenses or 8.2% was recorded, of which just under one third each was attributable to burglaries and damage to property during burglaries, and another third to pickpocketing, trickery and "normal" thefts.

It is particularly noteworthy that the number of burglaries is at a 20-year low, reaching just 45% of the peak in 1997, the Kapo points out.