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tastelessshark t1_j2zdi9o wrote

How common are bank robberies in general? It's such a stereotypical crime, but I don't often hear about actual modern bank robberies. I imagine the risk to reward is very low given how little cash banks typically have on hand.

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plaid_piper34 t1_j2zorpp wrote

There are reports that adjusting for inflation, bank robbers make less from each robbery.

In the 1960’s in the US the average bank robbery got close to $38k, in 2019 dollars. Today, most bank robberies net around $4-$5k in 2019 dollars- or about two/four paychecks for most middle class jobs. Source: https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/crimes-no-longer-pay-trend-shows-bank-robberies-decline-shift-cashless-economy/

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OwenProGolfer t1_j30w5zk wrote

Gotta rob a bank every other month just to make ends meet smh my head

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EmilyU1F984 t1_j30tpd5 wrote

Yea exactly, bank robberies have massively dropped.

Don‘t think you’d even be able to walk out with 5 digit figures at a random German bank, unless you go for the major cash handling ones… which have the appropriate security anyway.

Also that cash is also not in the open. Deposits get dropped in a safe, the safe cannot just be accessed by the random clerks working.

So you either have to call in a withdrawal to make them have cash on hand, or rob them exactly when some business is depositing their weekly cash proceedings..

And that‘s in Germany, which is still massive on cash compared to virtually all our neighbours.

But really, bank robberies were hardly worth it when you could get away with 6 figures. They definetely aren’t worth it now.

You‘ll do better just robbing any random store used by the elderly and taking the 1k they‘ll have in their till in the late afternoon I reckon.

Plus much more crime is credit card/fraud based. Much lower risk, much lower punishments.

To just rob a random small town bank, you’d have to be extreeeeemely desperate and dumb.

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Anonionion t1_j2zhsk8 wrote

Yeah, I'm surprised a small, rich, low crime country like Denmark has even had one in the last ten years.

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ControlledSingular t1_j2zmtd9 wrote

I mean it is such an easy crime. Walk up to a teller,hand them a note: "all your cash, no trap bundles" get the money and walk away lol.

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InjuredGingerAvenger t1_j2zy2lb wrote

Can you just request no trap bundles and expect it to work? What if I write "don't investigate this crime"? Where is the threshold?

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cgknight1 t1_j316sjf wrote

Well the problem is - In Denmark, you need to have walked into the small percentage of banks that actually still have cash in them…

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Anonionion t1_j2znhp4 wrote

OK, I'll give it a try.

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