Stabbings among teens double in Rotterdam
4 years, 10 months ago

Stabbings among teens double in Rotterdam

Dutch News  

The number of stabbings involving teens in the Rotterdam region has doubled in a year, police figures requested by broadcaster NOS have shown, Police recorded 36 incidents in which knives were used in 2019, compared to 19 the year before. Amsterdam police do not distinguish between the weapons used in incidents involving teens but has a clear insight into the number of perpetrators, which has jumped 50% in the capital from 209 in 2017 to 320 last year. Parents In February, Rotterdam’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said he planned to fine the parents of youngsters found to be carrying knives up to €2,500, in a bid to get tough on knife crime. A majority of MPs have also expressed support for tightening the law on bladed weapons, but justice minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus said the solution lay in better preventive measures.

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Dutch police investigating 133 homicides in 2024, Amsterdam total doubles to 20
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Dutch police investigating 133 homicides in 2024, Amsterdam total doubles to 20

NL Times  

A total of 133 individuals were killed by violence in the Netherlands this year as of Tuesday afternoon, up 6 percent from the total for all of 2023, according to police data provided to NL Times. The provisional figures put the national homicide rate at roughly 0.74 deaths per 100,000 residents based on the population at the start of 2024, …

Murder rate increased in 2022, Rotterdam has most killings
1 year, 4 months ago

Murder rate increased in 2022, Rotterdam has most killings

Dutch News  

The number of murders in the Netherlands has gone up for the second year in a row, with the biggest increases among young men and older women, latest figures show. The figures from the statistics agency CBS also showed that in six out of 10 murders of women, the suspected killer was a current or former partner, including 75% of …

Dutch forensic institute launching knives database to help with stabbing investigations
1 year, 10 months ago

Dutch forensic institute launching knives database to help with stabbing investigations

NL Times  

The Netherlands Forensic Insitute has launched a knife database to better investigate stabbings. “We wanted to get a good overview of the type of knives circulating on the street,” Peter Zoon, microspore researcher at the NFI, said to NOS. “Because it’s only a matter of time before we see those knives in cases.” The NFI, therefore, started photographing all knives …

Stabbings in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague & Kerkrade leave four wounded
2 years, 1 month ago

Stabbings in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague & Kerkrade leave four wounded

NL Times  

Four people were stabbed in separate incidents in The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Kerkrade. Victim hospitalized in Amsterdam incident About 90 minutes later, another person was stabbed in front of a small grocery store on C. van Eesterenlaan in Amsterdam-Oost. Witnesses called police around 10 p.m. on Saturday after finding the victim lying on Mijnsheerenlaan with a knife next to …

Child stabbed to death in Rotterdam home; Soldier, 22, arrested in latest Charlois violence
2 years, 5 months ago

Child stabbed to death in Rotterdam home; Soldier, 22, arrested in latest Charlois violence

NL Times  

A child was killed Saturday afternoon in a stabbing at a home in the Charlois neighborhood of Rotterdam. “The Marechaussee is taking over the investigation into this sad incident and will now also be the spokesperson for this,” police confirmed. The person with the gunshot wound was hospitalized, and the stabbing victim suffered minor injuries, Police also confirmed that an …

Fewer murders in NL last year, more young victims
3 years, 3 months ago

Fewer murders in NL last year, more young victims

NL Times  

A total of 121 people in the Netherlands were killed by violence last year, 77 men and 44 women. Though the number of young victims of murder or manslaughter under the age of 20 increased from 10 to 18, Statistics Netherlands reported on Monday. Of all the murders and manslaughter cases in the Netherlands last year, a quarter were committed …

Number of minors suspected of stabbings steadily high, more knives seized
3 years, 6 months ago

Number of minors suspected of stabbings steadily high, more knives seized

NL Times  

The number of minors suspected of involvement in stabbing incidents did not rise further last year, police confirmed to NOS. "We see this tendency not only in the Randstad but in cities throughout the Netherlands," said Pauline Klomp, head of Care and Security at the National Police. Youth workers warned about the dangerous street culture, and gun and knife ownership …

More and more minors involved in serious violent crimes
3 years, 7 months ago

More and more minors involved in serious violent crimes

NL Times  

The level of youth crime in the Netherlands decreased between 2015 and 2021 compared to 15 years before. However, the number of serious violent crimes committed by minors during this time period is on the rise. In addition, the proportion of minors registered by the police as suspects of incidents involving weapons during 2020 was two percent higher than in …

Girl, 15, stabbed to death in Rotterdam home; Teen arrested
4 years, 5 months ago

Girl, 15, stabbed to death in Rotterdam home; Teen arrested

NL Times  

A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in a home on Mathenesserdijk in Rotterdam on Wednesday evening. A 16-year-old girl was arrested as a suspect in the same home, the police said. Emergency services responded to a report of a serious stabbing incident at the home at around 8:15 p.m. First responders tried to resuscitate the young victim, but it …

Dutch police fired their weapons in 16 incidents last year, killing four
4 years, 8 months ago

Dutch police fired their weapons in 16 incidents last year, killing four

Dutch News  

Dutch police fired their guns in just 16 incidents last year, resulting in four deaths and 12 injuries, according to new figures. The public prosecution department said it had no explanation why the police were involved in fewer shootings last year. At the same time the police published new figures showing police have been dealing with an increasing amount of …

Dutch police fired their weapons in 16 incidents last year, killing four
4 years, 8 months ago

Dutch police fired their weapons in 16 incidents last year, killing four

Dutch News  

Dutch police fired their guns in just 16 incidents last year, resulting in four deaths and 12 injuries, according to new figures. The public prosecution department said it had no explanation why the police were involved in fewer shootings last year. At the same time the police published new figures showing police have been dealing with an increasing amount of …

More underage suspects arrested for first time since 2009
4 years, 9 months ago

More underage suspects arrested for first time since 2009

NL Times  

The police in the Netherlands registered 18 thousand underage suspects last year, an increase of 6.5 percent compared to the year before. About 70 percent of minor suspects last year were first offenders. The majority of minor suspects last year had a Dutch background at 53 percent. 20 percent of minor suspects last year lived in one of the four …

Aggression training at schools to reduce youth stabbings in Rotterdam: report
4 years, 9 months ago

Aggression training at schools to reduce youth stabbings in Rotterdam: report

NL Times  

The municipality of Rotterdam is presenting a plan on Wednesday to tackle the increased violence among young people in the city. Schools with many problems will get more police supervision, and the municipality will provide subsidies to train students and teaches on dealing with aggression, Trouw reports. "Although these incidents were not school-oriented, schools feel the consequences," education alderman Said …

Stabbings among teens double in Rotterdam
4 years, 10 months ago

Stabbings among teens double in Rotterdam

Dutch News  

The number of stabbings involving teens in the Rotterdam region has doubled in a year, police figures requested by broadcaster NOS have shown, Police recorded 36 incidents in which knives were used in 2019, compared to 19 the year before. Amsterdam police do not distinguish between the weapons used in incidents involving teens but has a clear insight into the …

Rotterdam, Amsterdam see mass increase in weapon incidents involving minors
4 years, 10 months ago

Rotterdam, Amsterdam see mass increase in weapon incidents involving minors

NL Times  

Amsterdam and Rotterdam saw a major increase in the number of minors involved in incidents with weapons over the past years. The number of stabbings in Rotterdam involving underage victims and suspects doubled last year. And the number of underage suspects in weapon incidents in Amsterdam increased by 50 percent since 2017, NOS reports based on figures from the local …

More police staff and innovation needed to tackle crime in Amsterdam
4 years, 10 months ago

More police staff and innovation needed to tackle crime in Amsterdam

Dutch News  

A shift towards less visible law-breaking such as cybercrime and a lack of police staff are making crime more difficult to tackle in Amsterdam, the Parool reports. New trends, such as knife crime and cybercrime, demand innovative measures but police and the justice department are struggling with a lack of staff, mayor Femke Halsema said during the annual press conference …

More police staff and innovation needed to tackle crime in Amsterdam
4 years, 10 months ago

More police staff and innovation needed to tackle crime in Amsterdam

Dutch News  

A shift towards less visible law-breaking such as cybercrime and a lack of police staff are making crime more difficult to tackle in Amsterdam, the Parool reports. New trends, such as knife crime and cybercrime, demand innovative measures but police and the justice department are struggling with a lack of staff, mayor Femke Halsema said during the annual press conference …

Twenty violent deaths in Amsterdam last year, fewer property crimes
4 years, 10 months ago

Twenty violent deaths in Amsterdam last year, fewer property crimes

NL Times  

Amsterdam saw a 43 percent increase in the number of murder and manslaughter cases last year, as well as a slight rise violent crimes. After years of structural decline in the number of reported crimes, this downward trend seemed to come to a halt last year, mayor Femke Halsema said in a letter to the city council. The total number …

Seven police-involved shootings in first half of 2019; fatalities same as last year
5 years, 4 months ago

Seven police-involved shootings in first half of 2019; fatalities same as last year

NL Times  

In the first half of 2019 the Rijksrechreche investigated seven police-involved shootings. In all of 2018 there were 27 police shootings with 26 injuries and three fatalities, the Public Prosecutor announced on Monday. The Rijksrecherche, an investigation service that forms part of the Public Prosecution Service and conducts internal investigations at government services like the police, investigates all incidents in …

Dutch police shot 27 people last year, 3 fatally
5 years, 11 months ago

Dutch police shot 27 people last year, 3 fatally

NL Times  

Last year the Rijksrecherche launched investigations into 27 incidents in which police officers shot at a suspect during their work. The Rijksrecherche, a department of the Public Prosecutor that handles internal investigations at government services like the police, investigates all cases of firearm use by police officers with death or injury as a result. Based on these investigations, the Public …

More murders in Netherlands for first time in 5 years
6 years, 4 months ago

More murders in Netherlands for first time in 5 years

NL Times  

For the first time in five years, the number of people killed by murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands increased. Last year 158 people were killed in a crime, 50 more than in 2016, according to figures Statistics Netherlands released on Thursday. The number of male victims increased sharply last year, 112 compared to 76 in the previous year. "In …

Alarming increase in number of Dutch teens committing suicide
6 years, 6 months ago

Alarming increase in number of Dutch teens committing suicide

NL Times  

The number of teenagers committing suicide in the Netherlands is increasing alarmingly. Last year the number teens who died by suicide nearly doubled, Statistics Netherlands reported on Tuesday. In total 1,917 people committed suicide in the Netherlands last year, 23 more than in 2016. The number of teens between the ages of 10 and 20 that died by suicide increased …

Police failing to solve two-thirds of knife crime as figures soar
6 years, 6 months ago

Police failing to solve two-thirds of knife crime as figures soar

The Independent  

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