Chemnitz Crime Prevention Council
Office
On the initiative of the City Council on 4 February 1998, the City of Chemnitz established a Crime Prevention Council (KPR). It consists of the Mayor for Law, Safety and the Environment, the Head of the Police Department, the Mayor for Social Affairs, Youth and Family, Health, Culture and Sport and the Head of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
The Prevention Council meets under the chairmanship of the Head of the Legal, Safety and Environment Department. The Prevention Council consults authorities and other institutions on specific topics in an advisory capacity. The business of the Crime Prevention Council is handled by a secretariat, which is part of the Legal, Security and Environmental Protection Department. The office is headed by Ines Vorsatz.
Seven working groups are currently active within the Crime Prevention Council. The focus is on violence in public spaces and child and youth crime. To this end, consultations and specialist events are organised with cooperation partners.
The Crime Prevention Council has been organising a series of conferences for professionals since 2018. Under the title "Finding orientation in times of crisis - ways out of escalating situations in the social environment", formats for professionals are developed annually together with cooperation partners and are very popular.
The specialist conferences are aimed at social and educational professionals as well as anyone interested in the topic. By continuing the series, we are building on the successful formats of previous years. The reason for this is the continuing high demand for dealing with violence and radicalisation among children and young people, both in public spaces and in institutions. The increasing number of underage suspects in cases of bodily harm, robbery and theft is also a reason to address the causes. Experts will provide an insight into their work during the symposium. Support and further training programmes will be provided and options for action will be communicated. Each specialist event will provide space for networking, exchange and cooperation.
At the conference on 8 December 2025, Prof. Dr Sebastian Kurtenbach gave an exciting presentation on the topic of "Do spaces and a lack of social support structures influence susceptibility to radicalisation?".
This was followed by an enriching exchange with the cooperating organisations.
At the conference on 8 December 2025, Prof. Dr Sebastian Kurtenbach gave an exciting presentation on the topic of "Do spaces and a lack of social support structures influence susceptibility to radicalisation?".
This was followed by an enriching exchange with the cooperating organisations.
Further information
All prevention programmes at a glance
Priorities of the KPR
The Prevention Council has the task of developing effective approaches to the prevention and avoidance of criminal offences. Based on previous findings, exemplary subject areas are identified which are analysed for crime prevention solutions and possible courses of action:
Subject area I:
Aggression and violence
- Violence in public spaces
- Violence against children, young people and women
- Violence in schools and loss of competence
- Violence against minorities
- Radicalisation and ideologised violence
- Xenophobia
- Group-related misanthropy
Subject area II:
Addiction
- Addiction prevention
- Concept for minimising addictive behaviour
and its consequences
Subject area III
Everyday crime
- prevention options
- Technical counselling
Subject area IV
Acceptance of democratic values
- Prevention programmes to strengthen democracy
- Promotion of measures to prevent radicalisation
- Promotion of democracy/partnership for democracy in Chemnitz