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Dresden’s six “dangerous places”: How the police curb crime
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Four years ago, the Saxon Ministry of the Interior published a list of 61 “dangerous places”: Six of them are in Dresden!
Dresden – Four years ago there was an outcry when the Saxon Ministry of the Interior published a list of 61 “dangerous places” after a small request. “No-go areas” were feared in Saxony. But what exactly are the police doing there? And how has that affected the six “dangerous places” in Dresden the end?
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Police officers during a check in front of the “barn” on Alaunstrasse. The “barn” area is one of the focal points of Dresden. © imago/Sven Ellger
“As a result of the classification, there is the possibility of tearing relevant clients out of their anonymity, regardless of a suspicion directed against certain people at crime retreats or places where drugs are traded, for example,” explains Kirstin Ilga (42), police spokeswoman for the Ministry of the Interior.
So that means: The Saxon Police Enforcement Service Act (paragraph 15, paragraph 1, point 2) enables simpler identity checks in focal points.
In Dresden, most are in the Outer and Inner Neustadt, where the Dresden-North police station is responsible: Alaunplatz, “Scheune” forecourt, the Rothenburger/Görlitzer Strasse intersection and Albertplatz.
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Police spokeswoman Ilga explains: “The main areas of crime here are theft, assault, robbery and narcotics.”
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Police success story: Wiener Platz in front of the main train station. © Steffen FüsselSteffen Füssel
Amalie-Dietrich-Platz in Gorbitz is also affected by these. However, things have improved in the vicinity of Wiener Platz at the main train station.
“There are concrete results here and the desired effects of pushing back forms of open drug dealer scenes. Wiener Platz is no longer a crime hotspot,” says the police spokeswoman. The problem with this: The criminals dodge.
“The fact that displacement effects also occur is to be accepted. Controls also counteract the consolidation of scenes,” Ilga continues. The police did not have to define new “dangerous places” in the long term – also because crime due to Corona decreased slightly.
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The Interior Ministry police spokeswoman made a clear statement on the perception of “dangerous places” as “no-go areas”: “A ‘no-go area’ would arise if crime-prone locations were not counteracted by increased police checks and other measures will.”
Ilga also sees municipalities – such as regulatory offices – and tradespeople (for example with shop detectives) as having a duty.
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