{"id":74648,"date":"2024-03-22T00:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74648\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"crime-dropped-by-3-6-percent-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74648\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime dropped by 3.6 percent in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 22, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Over 85,300 crimes were registered in Belarus in 2023, 3.6 percent less than in 2022, according to data from the Bie\u0142stat statistics committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were 224 murders and attempted murders, down 10.4 percent; 564 cases of intentional serious bodily harm, down 16.8 percent; and 110 rapes and attempted rapes, down 7.6 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers recorded 20,708 thefts, down 19.3 percent; 988 robberies, down 19.8 percent; and 69 cases of brigandage, down 33.7 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bribery decreased by 17.1 percent to 676 cases; hooliganism, by 5.8 percent to 3,401 cases; and drug crimes, by 9.1 percent to 4,139 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, fraud jumped by 58.7 percent to 11,715 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bie\u0142stat, the number of pepretrators decreased by 8.6 percent to 38,660 people. The most common charge was theft. Authorities brought it against 9,785 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 70,700 people encountered crime, down 4.5 percent. The largest share, 19,602, fell victim to thieves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 22, Pozirk. Over 85,300 crimes were registered in Belarus in 2023, 3.6 percent less than in 2022, according to data from the Bie\u0142stat statistics committee. There were 224 murders and attempted murders, down 10.4 percent; 564 cases of intentional serious bodily harm, down 16.8 percent; and 110 rapes and attempted rapes, down 7.6 percent. 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