Attention! These districts have the highest number of burglaries in Budapest
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Hereby, you can find out which are the most popular regions for burglars in Budapest, as well as their most frequently used methods. And, most importantly, what property owners can do to avoid significant financial losses.
According to PRE-STAT data, the 14th district of Budapest is at the top of the burglary list, followed by the 3rd district and the 9th district. Accordingly, in 2020
the highest number of such crimes occurred in Zugló, numerically 113 cases, followed by Óbuda with 101 cases and the third-ranked Ferencváros with 99 burglaries.
the highest number of such crimes were experienced in Zugló, numerically 113 cases, followed by Óbuda with 101 cases and the third ranked Ferencváros with 99 burglaries.
On the Pest side, burglars also targeted a high number of properties in the 18th (Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre) and 19th (Kispest) districts. However, the continuously developing Újbuda (11th district) also experienced a significant number of cases, nearly 100 in 2020. The latter is also a prominent target for criminals who do not break into private homes.
The list also depicts that the safest zone of Budapest is the Buda Castle district, where only 12 burglaries were registered in the examined year. This is followed by the 23rd district (Soroksár), 15th district (Rákospalota), 21. district (Csepel) with less than 40 cases registered in 2020.
As the Hungarian news portal Pénzcentrum reports, the number of burglaries in Budapest has decreased significantly compared to the previous years. Overall, in 2020, 1,846 burglaries and 1,274 home burglaries were recorded in the Hungarian capital, which is significantly less than in the previous years. One of the reasons for the drop is the pandemic. However, the number of cases has been decreasing since 2013.
According to a survey that was carried out by questioning Hungarian burglars,
the main targets of criminals in the Hungarian capital are detached houses, condominiums, flats in panel houses and terraced houses.
The most common methods to enter homes are damaging windows and doors by breaking, boarding up or pushing them in.
So, if you take out ‘the main targets of criminals in the Hungarian capital are detached houses, condominiums, flats in panel houses and terraced houses’ what is left? Flats in the classical pre WW1 buildings? That is just about the only thing missing from the list….. Thank god my home was built in 1910 and is ‘Tégla’ (brick).