Statistics demonstrate an increase in damage to property in the capital. Their level remains lower than the offenses noted in 2019, before the pandemic.
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one hundred and three arrests, 185 verbalizations, more than half a-town of goods seized and 2,105 people “ousted” from a high place of Parisian tourism, the site of the Eiffel Tower: in ten days, June 23 As of July 3, the Paris Police Prefecture (PP) led a real punch operation around the Champ-de-Mars and the Place du Trocadéro.
The offensive closely follows the publication of the balance sheet of the Paris police prefecture, for the first quarter, on June 20. And one observation: attacks on goods “constitute the most important part of Parisian delinquency”, in particular due to a net revival of tourism activity after two years of pandemic: 12.1 million visitors were counted in Grand Paris between January and May, according to figures from the Paris town hall, three times more than during the same period in 2021.
Also, in the first quarter, property damage increased by 24.5 % (48,844 facts) compared to 2021. But they are largely below the offenses observed in 2019 (61,935 facts).
“For delinquents, tourists constitute relatively easy prey, analyzes Isabelle Tomatis, director of the local security of the Paris agglomeration. They are not always very attentive to their own safety, transport currencies.” and Sometimes leaving Paris weighted with an unhappy experience, which tarnishes the image of the most popular destination in the world: 33 million French and foreign vacationers are expected in the Paris metropolis in 2022, according to the estimates of the Office of Tourism and Paris Congress.
Polish the image of the city
Secure their stay has therefore become a considerable issue for the police police authorities, splashed by the images of the Champions League final at the Stade de France, on May 28. In the longer term, the police prefecture also intends to polish the image of the city before the two major sporting events that it is about to welcome, the Rugby World Cup in 2023, and, above all, the Olympic Games and paralympic, in 2024, and which constitute the common thread of the action of the Ministry of the Interior in terms of security in the next two years.
On June 20, the same day of the publication of her statistics, she announced the activation of her “tourism plan” for a period that will extend until September 4. During these two and a half months, enrollment enrollments and uniform patrols will be deployed in eight sectors among the most popular vacationers, from the Eiffel Tower to the Opera, passing by the quays of Seine and the Latin district.
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