Over 1.8 thousand crimes were committed per 100 thousand people in Romania in 2022. In 2020, the crime rate saw a considerable decrease, reaching the lowest figure over the observed period - 1,675 crimes per 100 thousand people. Moreover, Romania’s crime index went up compared to the previous year.

Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

The highest crime index in Romania peaked in 2023, at 32. In the previous four years it averaged around 28.16. Constanța was considered the city with the highest crime index.

The city in Romania with the highest crime index was Constanta with 50.8, it was followed by Craiova, with an index value of 45.5. These values are high, given that the higher the index value, the higher the level of crime. Nevertheless, theses values are way above the overall crime index in Romania, which by 2023 increased to 32.

Romania crime rate per 100K population for 2021 was 1.26, a 12.65% decline from 2020.

• Romania crime rate per 100K population for 2020 was 1.45, a 15.65% increase from 2019.
• Romania crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was 1.25, a 1.99% decline from 2018.
• Romania crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was 1.28, a 1.5% decline from 2017.

Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

Homicide rate of Romania slumped by 13.95% from 1.3 cases per 100,000 population in 2022 to 1.1 cases per 100,000 population in 2023. Since the 15.81% surge in 2020, homicide rate sank by 23.47% in 2023. “Intentional homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person

As of January 2022, the highest number of sentenced prisoners in Romania were convicted for homicide, followed by theft. At the same time, nearly 2.1 thousand prisoners were serving sentences for committing rape.

Information on Romanian suspects (breakdown by offence, total number of suspects, by sex, by age)

Information on Romanian suspects (disaggregation by offence, total number of suspects, by gender, by age)

Romania's capital had in 2023 the highest number of juvenile defendants sent to trial, being the only county in Romania with over 200 juveniles charged for criminal offenses. Other counties which had a relatively high juvenile criminality were Constanta, Iasi, Cluj and Brasov.

Homicides of Romania slumped by 14.17% from 247 number in 2022 to 212 number in 2023. Since the 15.16% surge in 2020, homicides sank by 24.56% in 2023. “Intentional homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person

The number of crimes committed in the capital of Romania decreased from 98,679 in 2010 to 64,831 in 2020. However, by 2022, the number of crimes committed in Bucharest increased by 12.8 percent.

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Romania - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income was 6.10% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Romania - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, Romania - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income reached a record high of 16.80% in December of 2007 and a record low of 6.10% in December of 2023.

Our data were collected through a ten question questionnaire. The survey was distributed through various online channels and it was carried out in the second trimester of the year 2022. The valid responses of 1,856 Romanians are summarized, in order to capture their tax compliance and tax morale behaviours, perception of corruption, Anti Money Laundering skills and attitudes towards the Know Your Clients procedures, with respect to their age, gender, region, professional status and education. The objective was to reflect the Romanian perspective on financial crimes on various dimensions, in an accurate an up to date manner. The data may be used for various other multivariate data analysis techniques.

The aim of this book was to determine the financial crime community pulse in Romania. For this purpose a survey questionnaire was distributed to 1,856 respondents between May 27th - June 6th 2022.

The first objective of our book consists in finding the main patterns that characterize the Romanian community, related to the financial crime perception variables (the level of tax compliance, the level of tax morale reflected as the attitude of citizens towards accepting cheating taxes, the perception of corruption level in the Romanian public institutions, the level of skills possessed by citizens to detect the risk of money laundering and the attitude towards asking for information from the bank officers). We find that a majority of 64% from the interviewed citizens have a good and very good level of tax compliance meaning that they have declared that they paid their taxes long before the last deadline (for discount benefits or not only). Regarding their tax morale, we find that a majority of 74% from the Romanian respondents have an active attitude towards accepting cheating taxes (they usually or always receive their receipt and take it); about 13% of respondents have a proactive attitude (if they do not receive their receipt, they ask for it) while another 13% of our respondents have a passive attitude (if they receive or do not receive their receipt, it doesn't matter). When it comes to corruption, a majority of 66% from the Romanian citizens have declared that they perceived the level of Romanian corruption to be high and very high. Additionally, our results show that a majority of 70% from our citizens have low and very low skills to detect the risk of money laundering in a business; about 25% from the interviewed people have medium skills, while only a percentage of about 5% have high and very high skills to detect suspicious transactions. Regarding the attitude towards asking for information from the bank officers, a majority of about 68% from our citizens have a good attitude towards being asked for information from the bank officers while about 32% have a medium or bad attitude (refuse or hardly provide required information from the bank officers).

The second objective of the book is to investigate how the demographic aspects considered in the survey (age, gender, region of living, professional status, and education) are associated with the considered financial crime perception variables. In majority, the demographic variables are found as determinants for financial crime perception, while age is found to hold the highest intensity of impact among all the demographic variables. The results are important for policy makers in order to acknowledge the level in which Romanian citizens perceive the best practices in governance and are aware about the financial crime tendencies, in order to adopt the proper policies that would reduce the level of financial crime in Romania.

One-third of the murders that took place in Romania between 2005 and 2015 were committed with a sharp object or firearm. However, for a large number of homicide crimes, the weapon used remains unknown.

Over 50 percent of Romanian respondents would contact the police in case they were victims of either personal data theft or online banking fraud. However, only 29 percent of respondents would report to the police the existence of a malicious software on their devices.

Our data were collected through a ten questions in order to check for the behavioral patterns of Romanian society in relation to financial crime. The survey was distributed through various online channels and it was carried out between May 27th - June 6th 2022. The valid responses of 1,856 Romanians are summarized, in order to capture their tax compliance and tax morale behaviours, perception of corruption, Anti Money Laundering skills and attitudes towards the Know Your Clients procedures, with respect to their age, gender, region, professional status and education. The objective was to reflect the Romanian perspective on financial crimes on various dimensions, in an accurate an up to date manner. The data may be used for various other multivariate data analysis techniques.

In Romania, 42 percent of companies were victims of economic crime in 2018. Besides, the level of fraud reported by Romanian companies increased significantly in 2018 compared to 2016.

In 2022, District 5 in Bucharest recorded the lowest crime rate level in the Romanian capital - 61.43. By contrast, District 3 registered a crime rate 36.72 percent above the national/county average.