804 older people fell victim to home-jackings in Luxembourg
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
In Luxembourg, 804 older people fell victim in 2025 to a burglary committed while they were at home, accounting for 51% of the total. The figures appear in Family Minister Max Hahn’s response to a parliamentary question, L’essentiel reports.
In 2025, 804 older people in Luxembourg fell victim to a burglary committed while they were at home, accounting for 51% of all home-jacking victims. The figures were provided by Luxembourg’s Family Minister, Max Hahn, in response to a parliamentary question from LSAP MPs Claire Delcourt and Mars Di Bartolomeo.
Of these victims, 328 were over 55, 527 were over 65 and 269 were over 75. Older people also accounted for 44.2% of victims of attempted burglaries at occupied houses and 37.4% at unoccupied houses, according to the table provided by the government.
Scams also heavily affect this age group. Older people accounted for 37.1% of cybercrime victims, or 1,059 people, and 38.5% of victims of other scams, or 1,037 people, according to data provided to Parliament.
