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.

The homicide rate in Russia reached 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. The indicator has declined steadily since 2002, when it was measured at 30.7 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. Over the years observed, the highest rate was recorded at 32.6 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 three 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 2023, 677,000 crimes in Russia were committed using the internet, digital devices, or other telecommunication technologies. The number of technology crimes increased compared to the previous year.

In 2018, 325 kidnapping offenses were recorded by law enforcement authorities in Russia, up from 320 crimes in the previous year. The figures significantly decreased from 520 crimes of that type registered in 2011 to under 300 in 2016.

Over the period from March 1 to April 11, 2020, courts in Moscow ordered nearly one thousand detentions and house arrests. In the previous year, the figures was significantly lower. On March 18, 2020, Russia's Supreme Court limited access to courts as well as the scope of processed cases.

Nearly 178,000 drug trafficking offenses were registered in Russia in 2022, marking a decrease in the number of such offenses relative to the previous year. After a sharp decrease in drug-related crimes in the country between 2000 and 2005, their amount grew over the following decade, measuring at 236.9 thousand in 2015.

In 2021, over 733 thousand burglaries were registered in Russia, marking a decrease compared to the previous year. An especially high number of such crimes in the country was recorded in 2005 at approximately 1.6 million offenses.

In 2021, approximately 3.45 thousand rape and attempted rape crimes were registered in Russia, marking a slight decrease in number compared to the previous year. In 2005, the highest amount of such offenses in the country was recorded at 9.2 thousand cases.

In the capital of Russia, the contribution of traffic fines to the regional budget amounted to approximately 13.75 billion Russian rubles, which was over 2.5 times more than in the Moscow region, that ranked second with nearly 5.37 billion Russian rubles. The fines collected from drivers in the Republic of Tatarstan added 2.97 billion Russian rubles to the respective budget.