In 2023, the crime rate in Russia reached approximately 1,300 offenses per 100,000 population, marking a slight decrease compared to the previous year. Over the period from 2015 to 2023, the rate saw a decline by 303 registered crimes per 100,000 people. What are the most common offenses in Russia? Fraud and theft are the most frequent types of crime in Russia. New types of fraud emerged with the development of digital banking, including crimes related to personal data thefts, access to bank accounts, and unauthorized payment card transactions. Approximately 40 percent of crimes in Russia are of little gravity. Criminals’ profile The largest share of people who committed offenses in Russia are aged between 30 and 49 years, among both genders. While most criminals in the country finished up to nine school classes, more than one third of all perpetrators received a secondary professional education. Furthermore, among female criminals, over 15 percent are university graduates.

Approximately 98 percent of female criminals in Russia in 2021 possessed a Russian passport. Among men who committed a crime in the country, nearly four percent had a nationality of another state or were classified as stateless persons.

The most common type of crime registered in Russia in the first 10 months of 2022 was theft, occupying nearly 36 percent of the total number of offenses recorded by national law enforcement authorities. Furthermore, almost 17 percent of crimes were classified as fraud.

Most crimes in Russia were registered in Moscow, where law enforcement authorities recorded approximately 134,000 offenses in 2023. In the Krasnodar Krai, around 74,500 criminal acts were observed.

The homicide rate in Russia reached *** homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. The indicator has declined steadily since 2002, when it was measured at **** murders per 100,000 inhabitants. Over the years observed, the highest rate was recorded at **** homicides per 100,000 persons in 1994. Homicide in Russia The significant decrease in intentional homicides characterizes the general reduction in crime in Russia since the 1990s. However, murder remains one of the major causes of death in the country. In total, over 7,600 homicides and attempted homicides were recorded in Russia in 2022. Victims of homicide The number of male victims of homicide per 100,000 inhabitants in Russia was approximately ***** times higher than the murder rate of women. A United Nations study showed that while most people who were killed around the globe were men, women were most likely to be murdered by their partners, ex-partners, and family members.

Around 1.9 million crimes were registered by authorities in Russia in 2024, marking a slight decrease compared to the previous year. Over the observed period, the number of offenses recorded in Russia was significantly high at approximately 3.86 million cases in 2006, after which this figure saw a gradual decline.

In 2024, over 6,600 criminal offenses committed under drug intoxication were recorded by Russian law enforcement authorities. The number of such incidents has continuously declined since 2016, when offenders in over 28,000 crimes were under the influence of narcotic substances.

In 2022, over 138,000 crimes were recorded in Moscow, the Russian capital. The number of crimes registered by the city's authorities decreased by approximately 48,000 between 2015 and 2020. Among other federal subjects of the country, Moscow had the highest number of crimes registered each year.

In Saint Petersburg, the second-largest city of Russia also referred to as the cultural capital of the country, the number of registered crimes decreased in 2024, measuring at around 65,000. In the previous year, Saint Petersburg's law enforcement authorities recorded approximately 2,000 more crimes.

In 2024, the number of crimes that were committed using the internet, digital devices, or other telecommunication technologies increased in Russia. The number of technology crimes was the highest over the observed period.

The Novgorod Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia were the country's federal subjects with the largest share of crimes committed by underage persons or where they acted as co-perpetrators in 2023. Furthermore, in the Tyva Republic, criminal cases involving youth accounted for over five percent of the total.

Nearly 60.1 percent of women who committed a crime in Russia in 2021 belonged to the age category between 30 and 49 years old, while the share of male criminals of that age was measured at approximately 55.7 percent. Furthermore, over 15 percent of female offenders were aged 50 years and older.

In 2023, nearly 142,500 especially grave crimes recorded in Russia, for which the punishment involved over 10 years in custody or a more severe measure. Compared to the previous year, the number of such crimes in the country increased by 14 percent.

In 2024, over 178,500 crimes in Russia were committed by persons under alcohol intoxication. The figure saw a 20-percent decrease from the previous year, when approximately 223,000 criminal cases involved offenders who consumed more alcohol than allowed by law.

The most common type of crime committed on streets and in squares and parks of Russia was theft, having occupied 35 percent of the total offenses recorded in these areas in 2023. Road offenses accounted for approximately 22 percent of criminal acts committed outside.

Since 2015, the number of criminal acts committed in Russia involving the use of firearms, gas weapons, ammunition, explosives, and explosive devices gradually decreased from one year to another, reaching 3.5 thousand crimes in 2021. To compare, at the beginning of the observed period, over five thousand offenses of this type were recorded across the country.

In 2005, an especially high number of robberies in Russia was recorded at 344.4 thousand offenses. In recent years, such crimes gradually decreased in number, with nearly 31.4 thousand robberies registered in 2021.

Russia's female homicide rate was slightly below four crimes per 100 thousand population in 2019, marking a decline from 2015. That was more than three times lower than the number of male homicides per 100 thousand inhabitants. The total homicide rate in the country reached 4.7 per 100 thousand people in 2020.

Over 22,300 underage people committed crimes in Russia in 2022, down from roughly 26,300 in the previous year. The number of criminals under 18 years old gradually decreased in the country, compared to 72,700 recorded in 2010.

In 2024, approximately 105,400 crimes of economic nature were registered in Russia, marking a slight increase compared to the previous year. Over the observed period, the number of economic crimes was the highest at over 276,000 in 2010.