About 1300 security interventions daily in Vienna during the year 2025
The annual security report of the Vienna Police for 2025 showed an average of about 1,300 security interventions per day, which is approximately one intervention every minute, indicating the intensity of police activity within the state throughout the year. According to official data, the central operations room in Vienna received a total of 1,175,411 emergency calls during 2025, resulting in 474,243 actual security interventions, after which police officers were dispatched to various locations within the city.
The security of events and public gatherings has become a central focus of police work, as security forces accompanied 12,642 gatherings with varying security measures. During the same period, 21 events were prohibited, while 332 gatherings were rejected for reasons related to security and public order. The number of large-scale events reached nearly 300, necessitating the deployment of hundreds of police officers from various units each time. In the context of major operations, the Vienna police secured 17 official visits at the international level, in addition to 96 sporting events. They also participated in securing a large number of major cultural and social events, including the Danube Island Festival, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe conference, the annual opera gala, as well as events related to year-end celebrations.
During the execution of these extensive operations, evidence documentation teams were called upon on 97 occasions. The police also carried out 460 missions using drones, with a total flight time of over 1500 hours throughout the year. The year 2025 also witnessed intensive participation from explosives specialists, who were called upon in about 1100 interventions. The reasons for these interventions varied between dealing with incendiary materials, preventive measures, finding military materials, or suspicious objects, in addition to reports of threats involving explosives, as well as during the execution of security inspection operations, according to official data.
These figures reflect, according to security assessments, the daily burden placed on the Vienna police, the expanding scope of tasks related to protecting the population, securing events, and responding to emergency calls around the clock.
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