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.

This dataset comprises information on reported criminal offences in Russia, both nationally and regionally, expressed in absolute numbers and as rates per 100,000 inhabitants, spanning the period from 2008 to 2023.

The contents of the dataset

Dataset has 12 385 rows and 5 columns. Keys for type of crimes:

• "Murder" - is the intentional causing of death of another person. Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• "Intentional Bodily Harm" - is the intentional infliction of a grave injury, which is hazardous for human life. Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• "Rape" - is a sexual intercourse with the use of violence or of a threat thereof, with respect to the victim or to other persons or with the use of a helpless state of the victim. Article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• "Theft" - is the secret larceny of other people's property. Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• "Robbery without violence" - is the open stealing of other people's property. Article 161 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• "Robbery with violence" - is assault with the purpose of stealing other people's property, committed with violence which threatens human life and health or with the threat of using such violence. Article 162 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• "Extortion" - is the demand that other people's property or their right to property should be transferred, or that other acts of a property nature should be performed under threat of violence or of destruction or damage of other people's property, and also under the threat of dissemination of information that defames the victim or his relatives, or of any other information which may cause substantial harm to the rights or legitimate interests of the victim or his relatives. Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• "Hooliganism" - is a gross violation of the public order manifested in patent contempt of society and attended by the use of weapons or articles used as weapons; or by reason of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred. Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• "Crimes in the Sphere of Economic Activity" - are acts that are criminally unlawful, deserving of censure, and socially harmful, which infringe upon the economic order and security of the state, as well as the legally established procedures for the production, distribution, and consumption of tangible goods and other economic assets, as well as exchange. Articles 169-200 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

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Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

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.

Russia crime rate per 100K population for 2021 was 6.80, a 7.44% decline from 2020.

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<li>Russia crime rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>7.35</strong>, a <strong>4.43% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Russia crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>7.69</strong>, a <strong>6.43% decline</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Russia crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>8.21</strong>, a <strong>10.12% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
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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.

The number of crimes of intended serious harm to health in Russia was measured at around 16,700 in Russia in 2023, which was around three times less than the figure of 2000. Over the observed period, most of such offenses took place in 2005, amounting to 57,900 recorded cases.

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In 2022, approximately 238 thousand people were convicted for economic and financial crimes in Russia. At the same time, around 158 thousand people were found guilty of committing public safety and order offenses. Overall, nearly 579 thousand people were convicted in the country in that year.

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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 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.

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, over 2,300 crimes of a terrorist nature were recorded by law enforcement authorities in Russia, marking an increase from the previous year. This was the highest number of such crimes over the observed period.

The number of criminal offenses related to illegal arms trafficking in Russia amounted to around 10,700 in 2023, which was the lowest figure over the observed period. To compare, in 2020, 14,200 crimes of such nature were registered by Russian law enforcement authorities.

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