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.

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.

Russia: Homicides per 100,000 people: The latest value from 2017 is 9.2 homicides per 100,000 people, a decline from 11 homicides per 100,000 people in 2016. In comparison, the world average is 7.4 homicides per 100,000 people, based on data from 97 countries. Historically, the average for Russia from 1990 to 2017 is 20.3 homicides per 100,000 people. The minimum value, 9.2 homicides per 100,000 people, was reached in 2017 while the maximum of 32.3 homicides per 100,000 people was recorded in 1994.

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.

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>
</ul>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 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.

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.

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.

The average for 2017 based on 35 countries was 1.7 homicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Russia: 9.2 homicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Luxembourg: 0.3 homicides per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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.

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 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.

In 2023, 24 people in Russia were convicted for public desecration of Russian military glory with the use of mass media or committed by an organized group. The total number of convictions for crimes committed against mankind in the country equaled 52 in that year.

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.

This data is provided on a one-time basis from time to time, and is public data that provides crime statistics by region compiled by the National Police Agency as of 2023. Various crime types such as violent crimes, intelligent crimes, theft, and violence are subdivided into city/county/district levels, and for foreign criminals, crime occurrence figures by nationality (such as China, Vietnam, and Russia) are also included. This data can be used to analyze regional crime concentration, crime patterns related to foreigners, and spatial distribution by crime type. This data is used for establishing local security strategies by the police, crime prevention plans in areas with a high concentration of foreigners, space-based crime research by research institutes, and establishment of regional prevention measures by public institutions.

In 2023, there were 1,340 crimes related to extremism in Russia, down from 1,566 cases recorded in the previous year. The number of criminal cases in this category continuously increased between 2011 and 2017, ranging from 480 to 972 offenses of such nature registered by the country's law enforcement authorities.

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.

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.

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.

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.