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Robbery on the Parkring: perpetrator arrested – victim injured!
Two men were arrested after a robbery in Vienna. Police are investigating an attack on teenagers in a city park.
Robbery on the Parkring: perpetrator arrested – victim injured!
Early on Thursday morning, October 17, 2025, there was a robbery in Vienna, which once again brought the security situation in the city into focus. At around 12:15 a.m., two young men, 19 and 23 years old, were arrested by the police in the Stadtpark subway station. The suspects are people from Austria and Serbia who, according to initial information, were drunk when they approached a 19-year-old man and his 20-year-old companion on a park bench and demanded cash. When the two victims did not react, the situation escalated: one of the suspects choked the 19-year-old with the crook of his arm before the men fled with around 15 euros in cash. During subsequent searches, the stolen money was recovered and the suspects are now in police custody. Interrogations are already in full swing to determine further details and identify possible accomplices. This incident is just one of several that have recently worried the Viennese population. Police News reported.
Another incident in Vienna's crime statistics recently occurred in Alsergrund, where a 26-year-old suspect from Afghanistan was arrested. He is suspected of having carried out an attack on a man together with accomplices. During the attack, the victim was injured and the police responded as part of an immediate search operation to catch the perpetrator. Unfortunately, three other unknown perpetrators managed to escape. The police have started intensive investigations in order to bring the perpetrators to account and find out more about the background. Information can be passed anonymously to the police to secure any witnesses. As with cases in Vienna.at can be mentioned.
Security situation in Vienna in focus
In recent years, crime statistics in Vienna have shown a worrying trend. Comparative data from Numbeo shows that Vienna has higher crime rates than cities like Munich, Zurich or Stuttgart. Even in a European comparison, Vienna is one of the less safe cities. Experts and those responsible are therefore increasingly calling for measures to improve safety. One suggestion is to deploy more police on the streets to increase the public's sense of security.
A look at Vienna's crime index reveals that the declines during the pandemic are over and crime is rising again. These developments correspond to the data from the state crime statistics, which are compiled by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The need to act preventively is becoming increasingly clear. The reports show that many media and experts use the data from Use security newspaper to analyze developments and support the police in their work.