Bloody robbery in Neukölln: 29-year-old falls from the balcony!
A 29-year-old was seriously injured in a robbery in Berlin-Neukölln. Suspects have been arrested.

Bloody robbery in Neukölln: 29-year-old falls from the balcony!
On December 25, 2025, a serious robbery occurred in Berlin-Neukölln in which a 29-year-old man was seriously injured. Loud maz-online.de The man was threatened with a knife in his apartment on Britzer Damm by two suspects, a 23-year-old and a 17-year-old.
The crime occurred around 8 a.m. when the two suspects rang the doorbell and the door was opened by a 31-year-old acquaintance of the tenant. After forcing their way in, they looked for the 29-year-old, who had locked himself in a room. After forcing the door open, the perpetrators demanded money from him.
Escape and serious injuries
The 29-year-old then tried to escape over the balcony, but fell from the second floor onto the sidewalk. He sustained serious injuries and had to undergo emergency surgery, but his life was not in danger, the police said. The two suspects were arrested at the scene and are homeless. They were handed over to the criminal police, who are now investigating allegations of extortion.
In addition to this incident, there are reports of another suspect who is said to have committed an attack in Berlin-Mitte. Loud berlin.de A 27-year-old man is suspected of having asked a 51-year-old woman to hand over her wallet in a bar on Legiendamm on November 13, 2025. The suspect then fled with the wallet, but was later arrested on Oranienstrasse and has been in custody ever since.
The current crime situation in Germany
Such robberies are part of a larger trend in German crime statistics. Loud Statista There were more than 38,000 recorded robbery offenses in 2022. There was an increase in theft crimes compared to the previous year, which may also be due to an increase in robberies. In the same year, 29 robbery-homicides were recorded, a number that has halved in the last two decades.
The clearance rate for robbery crimes was almost 60%, which is comparatively higher than for residential burglaries. This phenomenon shows that despite the growing number of robberies, the police in Germany are making progress in solving these crimes.