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Persons convicted by chapters of penal code, penalties imposed and by districts

Persons convicted by chapters of penal code, penalties imposed and by districts

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    PERSONS CONVICTED BY CHAPTERS OF PENAL CODE, PENALTIES IMPOSED AND BY DISTRICTS IN 2024 1
    (Number)
    Chapters of Penal Code
    Districts     		Total Penalties imposed
    Imprisonment Life imprisonment Life imprisonment without parole Fine Probation Others
    Total 21 821 17 623 5 - 1 578 2 524 91
    Crimes against the Republic 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 1 788 1 165 4 - 54 548 17
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 202 160 - - 7 33 2
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 547 248 - - 31 268 -
    Crimes against the property 4 980 4 069 1 - 103 763 44
    Crimes against the economy 721 542 - - 55 122 2
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 82 76 - - 3 3 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 2 273 1 973 - - 139 154 7
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 653 398 - - 46 209 -
    Computer crimes 4 3 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 473 300 - - 13 158 2
    Generally dangerous crimes 10 096 8 687 - - 1 127 265 17
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Civil courts - total 21 793 17 598 5 - 1 576 2 523 91
    Crimes against the Republic 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 1 787 1 164 4 - 54 548 17
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 202 160 - - 7 33 2
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 547 248 - - 31 268 -
    Crimes against the property 4 978 4 068 1 - 102 763 44
    Crimes against the economy 720 541 - - 55 122 2
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 82 76 - - 3 3 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 2 271 1 973 - - 138 153 7
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 652 397 - - 46 209 -
    Computer crimes 4 3 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 473 300 - - 13 158 2
    Generally dangerous crimes 10 076 8 667 - - 1 127 265 17
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Blagoevgrad 707 568 - - 42 92 5
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 59 36 - - 3 20 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 6 5 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 23 7 - - 3 13 -
    Crimes against the property 137 113 - - 3 19 2
    Crimes against the economy 34 30 - - 1 2 1
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 4 4 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 42 32 - - 2 7 1
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 31 11 - - - 20 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 20 18 - - 1 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 351 312 - - 29 9 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Burgas 1 405 1 164 - - 77 160 4
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 132 77 - - 4 48 3
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 19 11 - - - 8 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 26 11 - - 2 13 -
    Crimes against the property 324 271 - - 8 44 1
    Crimes against the economy 27 24 - - 1 2 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 8 8 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 184 169 - - 9 6 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 27 15 - - 2 10 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 20 9 - - - 11 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 638 569 - - 51 18 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Varna 1 402 1 120 1 - 158 121 2
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 79 52 1 - 2 24 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 12 11 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 22 6 - - 2 14 -
    Crimes against the property 417 371 - - 6 38 2
    Crimes against the economy 41 37 - - 2 2 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 35 15 - - 9 11 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 31 15 - - 1 15 -
    Computer crimes 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 22 16 - - 1 5 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 740 594 - - 135 11 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Veliko Tarnovo 686 528 - - 64 90 4
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 49 31 - - 1 17 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 3 - - 1 3 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 9 3 - - - 6 -
    Crimes against the property 139 107 - - 4 26 2
    Crimes against the economy 12 9 - - 2 1 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 31 16 - - 2 13 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 23 16 - - 1 6 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 24 14 - - 1 8 1
    Generally dangerous crimes 390 327 - - 52 10 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Vidin 326 277 - - 15 33 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 24 17 - - 1 5 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 3 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 7 5 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against the property 44 37 - - 2 5 -
    Crimes against the economy 12 11 - - 1 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 99 97 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 11 6 - - 1 4 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 6 2 - - - 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 119 99 - - 10 10 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Vratsa 823 612 - - 86 117 8
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 81 55 - - 2 22 2
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 9 9 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 22 3 - - 3 16 -
    Crimes against the property 179 138 - - 8 29 4
    Crimes against the economy 48 24 - - 2 22 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 52 47 - - 2 3 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 14 7 - - 2 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 16 8 - - - 8 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 402 321 - - 67 12 2
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Gabrovo 355 284 1 - 24 45 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 27 19 1 - - 7 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 1 - - - 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 13 5 - - - 8 -
    Crimes against the property 88 69 - - 1 17 1
    Crimes against the economy 6 4 - - 1 1 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 9 5 - - 3 1 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 4 3 - - - 1 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 10 4 - - - 6 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 197 175 - - 18 4 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Dobrich 708 493 - - 126 86 3
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 47 17 - - 4 26 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 4 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 12 4 - - - 8 -
    Crimes against the property 100 79 - - 2 18 1
    Crimes against the economy 20 12 - - 4 4 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 89 72 - - 5 11 1
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 26 5 - - 17 4 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 1 - - - 3 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 405 298 - - 94 12 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Kardzhali 267 219 - - 14 31 3
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 21 19 - - 1 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 1 - - - 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 9 1 - - 2 6 -
    Crimes against the property 52 38 - - 1 10 3
    Crimes against the economy 6 4 - - 2 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 12 6 - - 1 5 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 15 10 - - - 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 1 - - - 3 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 146 139 - - 6 1 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Kyustendil 416 337 - - 22 56 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 39 25 - - - 14 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 3 3 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 15 3 - - 3 9 -
    Crimes against the property 90 74 - - 2 14 -
    Crimes against the economy 14 9 - - - 5 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 36 34 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 10 6 - - - 4 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 9 5 - - - 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 198 176 - - 17 4 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Lovech 470 353 1 - 37 76 3
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 46 20 1 - 4 21 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 4 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 10 3 - - 1 6 -
    Crimes against the property 139 113 - - 2 22 2
    Crimes against the economy 19 12 - - 2 5 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 3 3 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 16 5 - - 7 4 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 13 5 - - 2 6 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 7 2 - - - 5 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 213 186 - - 19 7 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Montana 425 330 - - 28 63 4
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 42 29 - - 1 12 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 5 4 - - 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 14 6 - - - 8 -
    Crimes against the property 122 96 - - 5 17 4
    Crimes against the economy 16 8 - - 2 6 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 13 9 - - 2 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 16 13 - - - 3 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 13 7 - - - 6 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 184 158 - - 17 9 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Pazardzhik 694 567 - - 46 79 2
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 65 46 - - 2 15 2
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 18 9 - - - 9 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 27 16 - - - 11 -
    Crimes against the property 123 97 - - 5 21 -
    Crimes against the economy 20 12 - - 5 3 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 9 9 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 45 31 - - 7 7 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 29 17 - - 2 10 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 3 2 - - - 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 355 328 - - 25 2 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Pernik 323 272 - - 17 34 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 34 25 - - - 9 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 7 - - - 1 6 -
    Crimes against the property 55 46 - - 3 6 -
    Crimes against the economy 7 7 - - - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 32 28 - - 2 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 6 2 - - - 4 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 6 2 - - - 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 174 160 - - 11 3 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Pleven 923 645 - - 101 163 14
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 128 76 - - 9 42 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 14 12 - - - - 2
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 28 9 - - 2 17 -
    Crimes against the property 192 133 - - 1 53 5
    Crimes against the economy 58 32 - - 6 20 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 26 12 - - 9 1 4
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 33 19 - - 3 11 -
    Computer crimes 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 28 15 - - 3 10 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 413 334 - - 68 9 2
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Plovdiv 1 888 1 470 1 - 155 253 9
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 212 137 1 - 4 65 5
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 13 12 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 45 18 - - 3 24 -
    Crimes against the property 397 317 - - 4 75 1
    Crimes against the economy 44 41 - - 2 1 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 17 13 - - 2 2 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 96 66 - - 21 9 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 49 24 - - 2 23 -
    Computer crimes 2 1 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 83 48 - - 2 32 1
    Generally dangerous crimes 930 793 - - 115 20 2
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Razgrad 480 381 - - 48 48 3
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 63 47 - - 1 14 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 8 6 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 11 7 - - 1 3 -
    Crimes against the property 74 64 - - 2 7 1
    Crimes against the economy 16 12 - - 1 3 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 19 1 - - 10 8 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 11 10 - - - 1 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 13 9 - - - 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 263 223 - - 33 6 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Ruse 664 598 - - 21 45 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 35 27 - - - 8 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 8 5 - - 1 2 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 11 4 - - - 7 -
    Crimes against the property 148 135 - - 2 11 -
    Crimes against the economy 43 43 - - - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 88 84 - - 2 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 16 10 - - - 6 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 9 7 - - - 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 305 282 - - 16 7 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Silistra 419 350 - - 29 40 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 22 14 - - 3 5 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 11 4 - - - 7 -
    Crimes against the property 48 38 - - 1 9 -
    Crimes against the economy 19 12 - - 3 4 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 9 9 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 76 70 - - 2 4 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 15 8 - - 2 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 14 11 - - - 3 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 205 184 - - 18 3 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Sliven 935 779 - - 35 117 4
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 79 60 - - - 18 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 6 6 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 70 60 - - - 10 -
    Crimes against the property 382 321 - - 2 56 3
    Crimes against the economy 33 26 - - 1 6 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 27 16 - - 7 4 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 21 14 - - 1 6 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 8 6 - - - 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 308 269 - - 24 15 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Smolyan 191 147 - - 21 23 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 21 16 - - 1 4 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 7 1 - - 1 5 -
    Crimes against the property 25 21 - - 1 3 -
    Crimes against the economy 15 12 - - 2 1 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 4 2 - - 1 1 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 5 1 - - 1 3 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 1 - - 1 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 110 93 - - 13 4 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Sofia 982 842 - - 46 93 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 60 37 - - 3 20 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 25 17 - - 1 7 -
    Crimes against the property 125 97 - - 2 26 -
    Crimes against the economy 21 14 - - - 7 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 207 186 - - 10 11 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 65 59 - - - 6 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 14 10 - - - 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 465 422 - - 30 12 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Sofia capital 1 928 1 666 - - 74 188 -
    Crimes against the Republic 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 159 115 - - 3 41 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 14 9 - - 1 4 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 15 2 - - 1 12 -
    Crimes against the property 497 430 - - 6 61 -
    Crimes against the economy 37 34 - - 1 2 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 12 12 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 114 99 - - 5 10 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 52 36 - - 2 14 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 88 69 - - 3 16 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 939 859 - - 52 28 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Stara Zagora 1 387 1 096 - - 151 133 7
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 85 70 - - 2 13 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 4 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 49 32 - - - 17 -
    Crimes against the property 459 389 - - 10 56 4
    Crimes against the economy 37 21 - - 9 6 1
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 1 - - - 1 - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 64 50 - - 8 5 1
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 41 30 - - 4 7 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 22 16 - - 1 5 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 625 484 - - 116 24 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Targovishte 322 235 1 - 22 64 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 40 16 - - - 24 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 14 13 - - 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 10 3 - - - 7 -
    Crimes against the property 63 47 1 - 2 13 -
    Crimes against the economy 13 5 - - 4 4 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 9 3 - - - 6 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 11 6 - - - 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 3 - - - 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 156 137 - - 15 4 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Haskovo 1 196 1 034 - - 46 111 5
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 48 26 - - 1 20 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 18 17 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 20 5 - - 1 14 -
    Crimes against the property 207 150 - - 5 49 3
    Crimes against the economy 49 48 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 443 436 - - 4 3 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 40 26 - - 1 13 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 10 7 - - - 3 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 361 319 - - 34 7 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Shumen 539 413 - - 36 89 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 61 34 - - 1 26 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 6 6 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 14 6 - - 1 7 -
    Crimes against the property 102 78 - - 9 15 -
    Crimes against the economy 24 13 - - - 11 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 3 2 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 19 6 - - 5 8 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 21 10 - - 2 9 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 10 7 - - - 3 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 279 251 - - 18 9 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Yambol 932 818 - - 35 73 6
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 29 21 - - 1 7 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 15 7 - - 3 5 -
    Crimes against the property 250 199 - - 3 43 5
    Crimes against the economy 29 25 - - 1 3 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 384 376 - - 3 5 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 16 13 - - - 3 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 2 - - - - 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 205 175 - - 24 5 1
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Military courts - total 28 25 - - 2 1 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the property 2 1 - - 1 - -
    Crimes against the economy 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 2 - - - 1 1 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 1 1 - - - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace - - - - - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 20 20 - - - - -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    1 The distribution by districts also includes the cases transferred from the Specialised Criminal Court (closed under the Judiciary System Act- amend. SG 32 of 26 April 2022).
    11.07.2025
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  • Metadata
    Crimes, accused and persons convicted
    Contact
    Contact organisation

    The National Statistical Institute

    Contact organisation unit

    „Health Care and Justice Statistics“ Department

    Contact name

    Diana Savcheva

    Contact person function

    State expert

    Contact mail address

    2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

    Contact email address

    [email protected]

    Contact phone number

    +359 2 9857 561

    Contact fax number
    Metadata update
    Metadata last certified11 July 2025
    Metadata last posted11 July 2025
    Metadata last update11 July 2025
    Statistical presentation
    Data description

    Statistics of Crimes, accused and convicted persons ensures data on:

    • committed crimes by results of proceedings, by chapters of Criminal Code (CC) and some kind of crimes;
    • crimes with penalties inflicted by chapters of CC, by sex and age of perpetrators, by place of commitment of crimes;
    • accused persons by results of proceedings and some kind of crimes;
    • persons convicted by sex and age, by chapters of CC, by some kind of crimes, by kind and size of penalties imposed, by place of commitment of crime and by number of committed crimes.
    Classification system
    • Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS);
    • Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU).
    Sector coverage

    Covers the activity of regional and district courts within the territory of the country on penal trials of general, private and administrative nature. Since 1998 is included the information for the activity of military courts and form 2012 to 2022 - of the Specialized criminal court.

    According to the Judiciary System Act (amended and supplemented by SG 32 of 26 April 2022), the Specialized Criminal Court is abolished. Criminal cases of first instance before the Specialised Criminal Court, in which a dispositional hearing has been held, become subject to the jurisdiction of the Sofia City Court and their examination continues by the panel of judges which held the hearing. The judges of the Trial Chambers who have not been reassigned to the Sofia City Court shall be seconded to take part in the examination of the cases until the conclusion of the proceedings on them.

    Information on the activities of The Supreme Court of Cassation is not included.

    Statistical concepts and definitions

    The number of crimes, accused and persons convicted includes the information from penal trials with sentence that has come into force during the reference year.

    Crimes with penalties inflicted include proceedings that finished with conditional or effective sentence irrespective of the number of perpetrators. A crime committed by more than one person (in complicity) is counted as crime with penalty inflicted when at least one of the accused persons is effective or conditional convicted. In case when all persons have been acquitted, a crime committed in complicity ends with acquittal. A crime is counted as suspended when proceeding against the perpetrator or all perpetrators ends with suspension. Crimes with penalty inflicted by place of commitment are distributed by districts and municipalities in accordance with the administrative-territorial division of the country. Crimes committed abroad which are under the jurisdiction of courts in the Republic of Bulgaria are included in the total number of crimes.

    Accused persons include effective and conditionally sentenced persons, as well as acquitted persons, persons released from penalty, and persons against whom the proceedings have been suspended.

    Persons convicted are those with effective or conditional sentence has come into force. The age of persons convicted is in completed years by the date of commitment of the crime. Persons who have completed 14 years of age, but not 18 years are considered as juveniles. When a crime is committed by several persons, the crime is counted only once, and each perpetrator - individually depending on the results of proceeding. In case there is convicted person for more than one committed crime in one proceeding, the most severe punishment is counted. If a person is convicted for several crimes, the person is counted as the most serious punishable offence and each crime separately according to the respective type of crime. When in one proceeding, a person is convicted for several crimes committed in different places in the country, the person is counted by the place of commitment for the most severe punishable crime by districts and municipalities in accordance with the administrative-territorial division of the country.

    The number of accused and persons convicted does not coincide with the actual number, as during the calendar year, a person may be accused or convicted more than once.

    The population estimate as of 31 December 2024 reflects the changes in population numbers and structure recorded in the Census 2021. In this regard, there is a break in the time series for all coefficients since 2022.

    Statistical unit

    The object of the survey is the activity of the regional, district, military courts and the Specialized criminal court on penal trials of general, private and administrative nature.

    Units of survey are crimes, accused and persons convicted with sentence that has come into force during the reference year.

    Statistical population

    Covers all courts within the territory of the country that are include in the coverage of the survey.

    Reference area

    The Republic of Bulgaria's territory.

    Time coverage

    By 2003 - only published data are available.

    2004 - 2024 - the data are available on the website www.nsi.bg, in the INFOSTAT Information System (https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=56 ) and on request.

    Base period

    Not applicable.

    Unit of measure

    Number.

    Reference period

    Year.

    Institutional mandate
    Legal acts and other agreements
    • Statistics Act;
    • Crimianl Code;
    • Judiciary System Act;
    • Ordinance on The Unified Information System for Counteraction to Criminality (UISCC).
    Data sharing

    The united Eurostat and UNODC questionnaire on crime trends and the functioning of the criminal justice systems (UN-CTS).

    Confidentiality
    Confidentiality - policy
    • Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society;
    • Statistics Act;
    • Law on Personal Data Protection.
    Confidentiality - data treatment

    Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.

    Release policy
    Release calendar

    Statistical information publication date is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the NSI. Data are disseminated once in the year.

    Release calendar access

    The Release Calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

    User access

    Data on Crimes, accused and persons convicted is published on the NSI website, section Justice and crime in accordance with the Statistics Act and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

    Frequency of dissemination

    Annually.

    Accessibility and clarity
    News release

    Annually as the date is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the NSI.

    Publications
    • Е-publication „Crimes and Persons Convicted“;
    • “Statistical Yearbook”;
    • “Statistical Reference Book”.
    On-line database

    Data on Crimes, accused and persons convicted are available to all users of the NSI website under the section Justice and crime as well as in Informational System INFOSTAT.

    Micro-data access

    Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.

    Other

    Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI.

    Documentation on methodology
    • Methodological notes;
    • Definitions from the united Eurostat and UNODC questionnaire on crime trends and the functioning of the criminal justice systems (UN-CTS).
    Quality documentation

    Not available.

    Quality management
    Quality assurance

    The criteria for the quality of the statistical data are provided. There is a quality management system in the BNSI in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015. Since 2019, an extended scope of the system has been approved, including receiving, data collection, processing, storing, analysing, providing and dissemination of statistical information.

    The main source of information is the Unified Information System for Counteraction to Criminality (UISCC). The other source is a statistical questionnaire form of the NSI „Card for accused person”, filled in by the pre-trial and trial proceedings. In recent years, the UISCC has been the source of about 90 - 94 % of primary data for the whole country, which is a significant guarantee of high data quality.

    Quality assessment

    The quality management system certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2015,  application of the uniform methodological documents, rules and procedures at all stages of the study ensure high quality of the data.

    Relevance
    User needs

    The needs are determined by conducting a policy of prevention of criminality in the country and society` need of information on trends in the field of punished criminality.

    User satisfaction

    Not applicable.

    Completeness

    Full coverage of the statistical units.

    Accuracy and reliability
    Overall accuracy

    Not applicable.

    Sampling error

    Not applicable.

    Non-sampling error

    Not applicable.

    Timeliness and punctuality
    Timeliness

    T+6 months.

    Punctuality

    Data are disseminated according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the NSI.

    Coherence and comparability
    Comparability - geographical

    Data are comparable.

    Comparability - over time

    Information on the activities of military courts has been included since 1998, and from 2012 to 2022 - for the Specialized Criminal Court.

    Since 2009, data from an administrative source - UISCC - have also been used.

    Coherence - cross domain

    Not applicable.

    Coherence - internal

    Not applicable.

    Cost and burden

    Not applicable.

    Data revision
    Data revision - policy

    Not applicable.

    Data revision - practice

    Not applicable.

    Statistical processing
    Source data

    Data source for on punished crime are:

    • The Unified Information System for Counteraction to Criminality (UISCC) which provide about 90 - 94 % of primary data for the whole country;
    • Statistical questionnaire „Card for accused person”, filled in by the pre-trial and trial proceedings.
    Frequency of data collection

    Annually.

    Data collection

    Monthly:

    • primary processing of data from the administrative source (UISCC), including the events entered at the time of the report on the number of committed crimes, accused and convicted persons;
    • control and validation of the data from the administrative source through received statistical questionnaires for the month, filled in by the pre-trial and trial proceedings.

    Annually:

    • validation of the characteristics of each individual record received from the administrative source;
    • implementing missing data from the statistical questionnaires to the processed data from the administrative source;
    • summarizing statistical information and preparing annual data on crimes, accused and convicted persons.
    Data validation

    Data validation is performed:

    • upon receipt of the data from the administrative source, a monthly check and processing of each record for the filled in information in terms of duplication, correctness, coding rules and logical control is performed;
    • when processing the statistical questionnaires, a check and validation is performed for the presence of the information from the map in the core of the UISCC. In the absence of information, it is coded and entered;
    • before data release - checking the frequencies of separate variables, consistency of table and cross-tabulations.
    Data compilation

    Data are processed centralized, at national level.

    Adjustment

    Not applicable.

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