Record low: Corona stops the thieves News

It has all ways been a different summer. Corona has turned everything upside down: Forsamlingsforbud, a safe distance, the cancellation of festivals and concerts.

But while we are talking about krisetiderne for the hard-pressed restaurant and caféejere, airlines and hotels, yes, we will forget about another group, if the profession is hanging by a thread as a result of the corona: Thieves.

the Pandemic, the decommissioning and coronakravene make life difficult for the langfingrede. According to new figures from Topdanmark.

Denmark's second largest insurance company in July, received only half of the tyverianmeldelser, it did last year. In July 2019 were notified 1023 thefts among online portal for customers. Similarly, the figure in July 2020, at only 579. This is a decrease of approximately 44 percent, informs Topdanmark in a press release.

In the number of thefts from public places and shops seen such a significant decline by 82 percent when compared with last year, and biltyverierne is halved, inform the insurance company. It is record-low numbers.

People keep more distance and meet in a much smaller degree, in the great assemblies, or go in close crowds on the street. It has made the theft much more difficult in this summer, says Rasmus Ruby-Johansen, skadedirektør in Topdanmark, in the press release.

the Cancellation of summer festivals noted as a significant factor for tyveritallene, as for example, the Roskilde Festival used to be a mecca for the pocket - and telttyve.

A rough summer for the thieves, which must, however, look far for a bail-out.