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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 2025 1 
    (Number)
    Chapters of Penal Code Districts Total Penalties imposed
    Imprisonment Life imprisonment Life imprisonment without parole Fine Probation Others
    Total 21 187 16 864 3 - 1 682 2 529 109
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 1 944 1 219 3 - 62 649 11
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 211 184 - - 1 22 4
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 521 197 - - 26 298 -
    Crimes against the property 4 517 3 587 - - 112 760 58
    Crimes against the economy 637 478 - - 61 98 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 81 75 - - 1 5 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 1 732 1 515 - - 114 103 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 637 376 - - 51 210 -
    Computer crimes 8 4 - - - 2 2
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 440 262 - - 17 156 5
    Generally dangerous crimes 10 457 8 965 - - 1 237 226 29
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - - -
    Military crimes 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - - -
    Civil courts - total 21 152 16 833 3 - 1 681 2 526 109
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 1 940 1 217 3 - 62 647 11
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 211 184 - - 1 22 4
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 521 197 - - 26 298 -
    Crimes against the property 4 514 3 585 - - 112 759 58
    Crimes against the economy 636 477 - - 61 98 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 81 75 - - 1 5 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 1 732 1 515 - - 114 103 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 636 375 - - 51 210 -
    Computer crimes 8 4 - - - 2 2
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 440 262 - - 17 156 5
    Generally dangerous crimes 10 433 8 942 - - 1 236 226 29
    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 807 647 - - 46 109 5
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 74 49 - - 2 22 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 7 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 30 15 - - 2 13 -
    Crimes against the property 125 76 - - 9 38 2
    Crimes against the economy 15 12 - - - 3 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 5 5 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 34 28 - - 2 4 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 71 47 - - 4 20 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 24 17 - - 1 6 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 422 391 - - 26 3 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 - - - - - - -
    Burgas 1 745 1 541 - - 62 138 4
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 109 57 - - 3 48 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 24 19 - - - 5 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 23 9 - - - 14 -
    Crimes against the property 303 261 - - 1 39 2
    Crimes against the economy 23 18 - - 1 4 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 6 5 - - 1 - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 568 557 - - 5 6 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 34 27 - - 2 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 15 10 - - - 5 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 640 578 - - 49 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 - - - - - - -
    Varna 1 544 1 191 - - 191 159 3
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 117 82 - - 7 28 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 2 - - - 5 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 25 4 - - - 21 -
    Crimes against the property 441 368 - - 12 58 3
    Crimes against the economy 27 21 - - - 6 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 7 7 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 20 9 - - 7 4 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 36 17 - - 6 13 -
    Computer crimes 1 - - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 23 12 - - 1 10 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 840 669 - - 158 13 -
    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 714 519 - - 79 112 4
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 72 42 - - 4 26 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 1 - - - - 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 12 2 - - - 10 -
    Crimes against the property 143 104 - - 5 32 2
    Crimes against the economy 32 18 - - 10 4 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 7 6 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 15 12 - - 2 1 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 20 11 - - 4 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 26 7 - - 2 17 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 386 317 - - 52 15 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 - - - - - - -
    Vidin 217 175 - - 17 25 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 30 24 - - 1 5 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 11 5 - - 3 3 -
    Crimes against the property 39 23 - - 4 12 -
    Crimes against the economy 12 12 - - - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 44 41 - - 1 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 3 2 - - 1 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 3 3 - - - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 75 65 - - 7 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 - - - - - - -
    Vratsa 715 508 - - 74 124 9
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 74 39 - - 1 32 2
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 5 5 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 22 7 - - - 15 -
    Crimes against the property 147 107 - - 4 33 3
    Crimes against the economy 30 13 - - 7 10 -
    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 15 10 - - 2 3 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 24 10 - - 3 11 -
    Computer crimes 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 14 6 - - 1 7 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 382 309 - - 56 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 - - - - - - -
    Gabrovo 302 240 - - 24 37 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 21 15 - - - 6 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 11 1 - - 2 8 -
    Crimes against the property 45 33 - - - 12 -
    Crimes against the economy 10 10 - - - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 5 2 - - 1 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 4 4 - - - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 7 5 - - 1 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 198 169 - - 20 8 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 - - - - - - -
    Dobrich 563 415 - - 79 69 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 41 21 - - 3 17 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 4 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 4 - - - - 4 -
    Crimes against the property 118 91 - - 5 22 -
    Crimes against the economy 14 5 - - 3 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 24 19 - - 2 3 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 16 4 - - 4 8 -
    Computer crimes 1 - - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 2 - - - 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 336 268 - - 62 6 -
    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 225 178 - - 26 20 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 18 10 - - 2 6 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 5 4 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 6 2 - - 1 3 -
    Crimes against the property 39 33 - - 2 4 -
    Crimes against the economy 3 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 5 2 - - 1 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 8 7 - - - 1 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 3 3 - - - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 136 112 - - 20 3 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 400 326 - - 16 54 4
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 32 16 - - 1 15 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 5 5 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 16 7 - - - 9 -
    Crimes against the property 76 61 - - 2 12 1
    Crimes against the economy 8 8 - - - - -
    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 12 10 - - 1 1 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 18 9 - - - 9 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 1 - - 2 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 226 206 - - 10 7 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 - - - - - - -
    Lovech 573 414 - - 63 93 3
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 67 35 - - 1 31 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 7 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 14 5 - - 4 5 -
    Crimes against the property 123 93 - - 3 25 2
    Crimes against the economy 16 10 - - 1 5 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 21 2 - - 16 3 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 17 5 - - 2 10 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 8 3 - - 1 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 300 254 - - 35 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 - - - - - - -
    Montana 462 327 - - 49 81 5
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 60 33 - - 5 22 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 6 6 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 22 8 - - 1 13 -
    Crimes against the property 109 82 - - 6 16 5
    Crimes against the economy 23 10 - - 2 11 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 16 11 - - 3 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 26 16 - - 3 7 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 2 1 - - - 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 198 160 - - 29 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 643 480 - - 76 85 2
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 72 40 - - 6 26 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 8 7 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 22 9 - - - 13 -
    Crimes against the property 91 68 - - 4 19 -
    Crimes against the economy 11 6 - - 3 2 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 5 5 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 18 10 - - 3 5 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 24 11 - - 5 8 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 14 8 - - - 6 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 378 316 - - 55 5 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 337 277 - - 13 46 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 37 18 - - - 19 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 7 2 - - - 5 -
    Crimes against the property 48 34 - - - 13 1
    Crimes against the economy 8 4 - - 1 3 -
    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 9 - - 2 1 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 3 1 - - - 2 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 4 - - - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 215 202 - - 10 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 924 663 - - 83 160 18
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 107 60 - - 1 44 2
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 26 22 - - - - 4
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 31 10 - - 3 18 -
    Crimes against the property 180 126 - - 3 42 9
    Crimes against the economy 58 34 - - 11 13 -
    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 27 13 - - 11 3 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 33 15 - - 4 14 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 31 17 - - 1 13 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 429 364 - - 49 13 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 - - - - - - -
    Plovdiv 1 760 1 314 - - 212 215 19
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 210 134 - - 12 63 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 19 17 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 48 11 - - 4 33 -
    Crimes against the property 355 281 - - 4 57 13
    Crimes against the economy 39 37 - - 1 1 -
    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 53 31 - - 12 10 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 28 10 - - 3 15 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 69 36 - - 5 23 5
    Generally dangerous crimes 930 748 - - 171 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 - - - - - - -
    Razgrad 475 361 - - 52 59 3
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 56 39 - - 2 14 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 4 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 10 5 - - - 5 -
    Crimes against the property 72 57 - - 3 11 1
    Crimes against the economy 14 8 - - 1 5 -
    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 19 8 - - 4 7 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 11 4 - - 1 6 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 26 19 - - 1 6 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 262 216 - - 40 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 - - - - - - -
    Ruse 589 530 1 - 29 29 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 32 30 1 - - 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 5 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 6 1 - - - 5 -
    Crimes against the property 117 107 - - 1 9 -
    Crimes against the economy 19 18 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 2 1 - - - 1 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 45 39 - - 3 3 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 15 12 - - 2 1 -
    Computer crimes 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 12 10 - - - 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 333 306 - - 23 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 - - - - - - -
    Silistra 325 277 - - 15 33 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 29 21 - - 1 7 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 8 1 - - - 7 -
    Crimes against the property 31 23 - - - 8 -
    Crimes against the economy 5 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 9 - - 3 4 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 19 15 - - - 4 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 3 - - - 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 209 196 - - 11 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 - - - - - - -
    Sliven 838 659 1 - 47 130 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 65 37 1 - 2 25 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 7 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 39 24 - - 2 13 -
    Crimes against the property 422 334 - - 11 76 1
    Crimes against the economy 30 27 - - 3 - -
    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 20 14 - - 3 3 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 12 7 - - - 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 6 3 - - - 3 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 234 203 - - 26 5 -
    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 175 134 - - 15 25 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 19 11 - - 1 7 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 3 3 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 7 3 - - - 4 -
    Crimes against the property 12 8 - - - 3 1
    Crimes against the economy 7 4 - - - 3 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 4 1 - - 3 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 8 2 - - 1 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 1 1 - - - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 114 101 - - 10 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 - - - - - - -
    Sofia 880 730 - - 39 110 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 93 50 - - 1 41 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 2 2 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 28 11 - - - 17 -
    Crimes against the property 107 77 - - 3 27 -
    Crimes against the economy 18 13 - - - 5 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 90 80 - - 3 7 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 24 23 - - - 1 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 12 10 - - - 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 506 464 - - 32 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 - - - - - - -
    Sofia capital 1 960 1 716 - - 55 188 1
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 200 144 - - 2 54 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 13 11 - - 1 1 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 9 5 - - - 4 -
    Crimes against the property 431 375 - - 5 51 -
    Crimes against the economy 54 47 - - 4 3 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 15 15 - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 48 39 - - 3 6 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 77 52 - - 1 24 -
    Computer crimes 1 1 - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 63 40 - - - 23 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 1 049 987 - - 39 22 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 - - - - - - -
    Stara Zagora 1 266 999 - - 128 131 8
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 113 81 - - - 31 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 5 5 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 54 32 - - 2 20 -
    Crimes against the property 399 346 - - 13 34 6
    Crimes against the economy 25 14 - - 7 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 40 30 - - 2 8 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 39 23 - - 1 15 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 30 21 - - - 9 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 560 447 - - 103 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 - - - - - - -
    Targovishte 324 228 - - 47 47 2
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 27 17 - - 1 9 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 9 9 - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 6 1 - - - 5 -
    Crimes against the property 44 23 - - 3 18 -
    Crimes against the economy 20 15 - - 2 3 -
    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 10 5 - - 5 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 11 5 - - 3 3 -
    Computer crimes 3 1 - - - - 2
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 8 4 - - - 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 183 145 - - 33 5 -
    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 1 190 1 012 1 - 64 104 9
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 56 38 1 - 1 16 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 29 27 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 26 9 - - - 17 -
    Crimes against the property 202 156 - - 4 36 6
    Crimes against the economy 74 71 - - 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 368 356 - - 6 6 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 28 20 - - - 8 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 8 5 - - 1 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 399 330 - - 50 16 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 - - - - - - -
    Shumen 520 385 - - 38 95 2
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 79 54 - - 2 22 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 2 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 17 4 - - 2 11 -
    Crimes against the property 108 81 - - 2 25 -
    Crimes against the economy 13 9 - - 1 3 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 4 2 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 18 5 - - 6 7 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 8 3 - - - 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 19 11 - - - 8 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 250 214 - - 25 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 - - - - - - -
    Yambol 679 587 - - 42 48 2
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 30 20 - - - 10 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 7 4 - - - 3 -
    Crimes against the property 187 157 - - 3 27 -
    Crimes against the economy 28 25 - - 1 2 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 165 163 - - 2 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 19 13 - - 1 5 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace - - - - - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 243 205 - - 35 1 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 - - - - - - -
    Military courts - total 35 31 - - 1 3 -
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 4 2 - - - 2 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the property 3 2 - - - 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 - - - - - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 1 1 - - - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace - - - - - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 24 23 - - 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 2 2 - - - - -
    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).
    10.07.2026
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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 certified10 July 2026
    Metadata last posted10 July 2026
    Metadata last update10 July 2026
    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 2025 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 - 2025 - the data are available on the website www.nsi.bg, in the INFOSTAT Information System 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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