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Crimes by chapter of penal code and some kind of crimes and according to results of proceedings

Crimes by chapter of penal code and some kind of crimes and according to results of proceedings

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    CRIMES BY RESULTS OF PROCEEDINGS, CHAPTERS OF PENAL CODE AND BY DISTRICTS IN 2025 1 2 
    (Number)
    Chapters of Penal Code
    Districts    		 Total Crimes with proceeding finished with:
    Effective sentence Conditional sentence Acquittal sentence Suspension Release from penalty
    Total 28 414 10 313 12 932 594 269 4 306
    Crimes against the Republic 2 - - 2 - -
    Crimes against the person 2 911 1 434 1 102 205 168 2
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 230 47 173 10 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 701 380 187 16 9 109
    Crimes against the property 4 320 2 877 1 336 82 23 2
    Crimes against the economy 726 286 401 33 6 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 97 14 67 4 12 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 1 900 453 1 414 31 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 866 338 505 15 7 1
    Computer crimes 11 5 6 - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 605 323 217 61 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 11 849 4 156 7 522 133 38 -
    Crimes against the defensive capacity of the republic, against the information qualifying as a state secret and against the foreign classified information - - - - - -
    Military crimes 3 - 2 1 - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity 1 - - 1 - -
    Civil courts - total 28 310 10 306 12 902 589 268 4 245
    Crimes against the Republic 2 - - 2 - -
    Crimes against the person 2 906 1 431 1 101 205 167 2
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 230 47 173 10 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 701 380 187 16 9 109
    Crimes against the property 4 317 2 876 1 334 82 23 2
    Crimes against the economy 724 286 400 32 6 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 97 14 67 4 12 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 1 899 453 1 414 30 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 865 338 504 15 7 1
    Computer crimes 11 5 6 - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 605 323 217 61 4 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 11 821 4 153 7 499 131 38 -
    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 1 - - 1 - -
    Blagoevgrad 1 123 330 552 43 19 179
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 130 61 46 11 12 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 - 6 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 42 22 10 1 1 8
    Crimes against the property 127 77 39 6 4 1
    Crimes against the economy 18 5 10 3 - -
    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 44 16 24 4 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 82 32 47 2 1 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 19 10 9 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 478 107 356 14 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 2 041 635 1 193 13 8 192
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 148 105 39 2 2 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 24 5 19 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 31 20 8 - - 3
    Crimes against the property 290 204 81 4 1 -
    Crimes against the economy 26 10 15 1 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 6 1 5 - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 565 44 518 1 2 -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 39 9 29 - 1 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 19 12 7 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 704 225 472 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 - - - - - -
    Varna 2 060 884 837 52 22 265
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 201 82 78 30 11 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 9 4 5 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 37 22 4 1 2 8
    Crimes against the property 439 293 134 9 3 -
    Crimes against the economy 36 13 22 1 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 8 1 6 - 1 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 37 21 15 1 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 45 24 20 - 1 -
    Computer crimes 1 1 - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 28 15 10 3 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 962 408 543 7 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 - - - - - -
    Veliko Tarnovo 998 390 417 24 1 166
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 103 59 34 9 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 3 1 2 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 15 10 2 1 - 2
    Crimes against the property 155 102 50 3 - -
    Crimes against the economy 37 20 17 - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 9 2 7 - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 24 16 7 1 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 24 9 15 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 33 28 3 2 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 431 143 280 8 - -
    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 255 73 156 6 - 20
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 32 9 21 2 - -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 13 6 7 - - -
    Crimes against the property 30 13 17 - - -
    Crimes against the economy 14 6 7 1 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 46 5 41 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 7 2 5 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 5 1 3 1 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 88 31 55 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 - - - - - -
    Vratsa 1 044 436 384 9 4 211
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 104 67 30 3 4 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 6 1 5 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 30 19 8 - - 3
    Crimes against the property 145 93 49 3 - -
    Crimes against the economy 32 21 11 - - -
    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 18 8 10 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 25 16 9 - - -
    Computer crimes 1 - 1 - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 19 11 8 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 455 200 252 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 - - - - - -
    Gabrovo 441 166 197 17 1 60
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 39 16 22 1 - -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 1 1 - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 16 11 1 1 - 3
    Crimes against the property 50 33 11 6 - -
    Crimes against the economy 11 1 10 - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 14 11 3 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 4 1 3 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 10 5 4 1 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 239 87 143 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 690 278 313 10 10 79
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 62 31 21 5 5 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 2 2 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 5 4 - 1 - -
    Crimes against the property 108 64 42 - 2 -
    Crimes against the economy 13 8 4 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 26 6 20 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 20 15 3 - 2 -
    Computer crimes 1 1 - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 6 3 3 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 365 144 217 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 - - - - - -
    Kardzhali 329 107 140 14 4 64
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 42 19 11 10 2 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 5 1 4 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 7 4 2 - - 1
    Crimes against the property 40 29 11 - - -
    Crimes against the economy 3 - 2 1 - -
    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 8 4 4 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 9 4 4 1 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 4 1 3 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 145 45 97 2 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 548 210 219 12 7 100
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 49 36 6 6 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 5 - 5 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 21 9 7 - - 5
    Crimes against the property 69 43 24 1 1 -
    Crimes against the economy 10 5 4 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 14 5 9 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 21 9 11 - 1 -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 10 5 2 2 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 250 98 147 2 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 832 335 315 33 27 122
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 103 43 27 12 21 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 1 2 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 17 10 4 - - 3
    Crimes against the property 129 81 38 5 5 -
    Crimes against the economy 22 12 5 5 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 38 29 6 3 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 19 13 6 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 15 10 5 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 366 136 222 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 610 244 235 18 4 109
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 76 42 25 8 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 6 - 6 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 29 18 8 1 - 2
    Crimes against the property 86 61 24 1 - -
    Crimes against the economy 25 16 7 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 21 11 10 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 33 13 19 1 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 6 3 1 2 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 221 80 135 4 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 - - - - - -
    Pazardzhik 951 304 441 15 10 181
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 111 61 43 3 4 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 9 1 8 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 27 13 8 - 1 5
    Crimes against the property 90 54 30 4 1 1
    Crimes against the economy 13 7 5 1 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 4 1 3 - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 27 8 18 1 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 28 13 12 1 1 1
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 15 9 6 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 453 137 308 5 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 - - - - - -
    Pernik 434 134 233 9 2 56
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 45 25 20 - - -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 2 - 2 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 13 5 2 - - 6
    Crimes against the property 45 25 19 1 - -
    Crimes against the economy 10 3 5 2 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 3 - 1 - 2 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 16 6 9 1 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 6 2 3 1 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 10 6 2 2 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 234 62 170 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 - - - - - -
    Pleven 1 217 521 528 15 - 153
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 159 84 71 4 - -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 28 3 23 2 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 45 27 11 1 - 6
    Crimes against the property 172 104 67 1 - -
    Crimes against the economy 62 27 32 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 37 27 10 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 41 23 17 1 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 46 27 17 2 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 478 199 278 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 - - - - - -
    Plovdiv 2 476 958 973 50 47 448
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 333 156 124 19 34 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 19 6 12 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 69 39 10 2 3 15
    Crimes against the property 336 198 125 9 4 -
    Crimes against the economy 46 13 31 1 1 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 11 2 7 - 2 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 74 45 26 3 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 34 18 14 2 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 77 46 28 2 1 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 1 044 435 596 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 - - - - - -
    Razgrad 691 226 315 20 1 129
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 84 38 35 11 - -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 - 4 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 13 5 5 1 - 2
    Crimes against the property 63 36 27 - - -
    Crimes against the economy 15 8 7 - - -
    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 21 10 11 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 16 9 6 1 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 21 9 10 2 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 326 111 209 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 791 299 415 - 5 72
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 59 28 30 - 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 6 2 4 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 9 6 - - - 3
    Crimes against the property 125 82 43 - - -
    Crimes against the economy 19 5 14 - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 7 3 - - 4 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 47 19 28 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 38 15 23 - - -
    Computer crimes 2 - 2 - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 29 12 17 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 381 127 254 - - -
    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 514 131 259 21 2 101
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 37 13 19 4 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 1 - 1 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 13 7 1 - - 5
    Crimes against the property 35 13 19 3 - -
    Crimes against the economy 8 1 7 - - -
    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 27 14 12 1 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 31 6 23 2 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 6 2 2 2 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 257 75 172 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 - - - - - -
    Sliven 1 033 483 342 22 7 179
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 97 48 26 16 6 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 - 7 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 56 23 23 1 - 9
    Crimes against the property 360 277 81 2 - -
    Crimes against the economy 34 11 23 - - -
    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 21 13 6 2 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 15 7 8 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 11 6 5 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 260 98 160 1 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 - - - - - -
    Smolyan 388 70 113 9 1 195
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 23 14 6 3 - -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 3 1 1 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 9 4 3 2 - -
    Crimes against the property 12 8 3 - 1 -
    Crimes against the economy 6 3 3 - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 7 4 - 3 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 9 7 2 - - -
    Computer crimes 1 1 - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 2 - 2 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 121 28 93 - - -
    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 1 121 345 608 31 7 130
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 125 69 39 12 5 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 4 1 2 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 29 19 7 1 - 2
    Crimes against the property 103 70 30 3 - -
    Crimes against the economy 22 10 10 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 95 23 69 3 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 36 2 32 2 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 24 13 8 3 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 555 138 411 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 - - - - - -
    Sofia capital 2 430 861 1 271 85 16 197
    Crimes against the Republic 2 - - 2 - -
    Crimes against the person 277 118 149 5 5 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 14 4 10 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 14 6 4 - 1 3
    Crimes against the property 426 280 135 11 - -
    Crimes against the economy 71 25 38 5 3 -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 16 - 12 3 1 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 65 25 37 3 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 94 40 54 - - -
    Computer crimes 1 - 1 - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 103 40 26 35 2 -
    Generally dangerous crimes 1 152 323 805 20 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 1 - - 1 - -
    Stara Zagora 1 691 684 642 8 16 341
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 144 66 62 4 12 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 7 2 5 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 61 25 31 - 1 4
    Crimes against the property 375 272 101 2 - -
    Crimes against the economy 30 15 15 - - -
    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 57 27 30 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 40 18 22 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 30 17 13 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 609 241 363 2 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 - - - - - -
    Targovishte 531 175 194 7 1 154
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 45 24 15 4 1 1
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 11 2 9 - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 8 5 1 - - 2
    Crimes against the property 43 34 7 2 - -
    Crimes against the economy 24 8 16 - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 3 1 2 - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 10 6 4 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 11 6 5 - - -
    Computer crimes 4 2 2 - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 11 8 3 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 210 79 130 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 - - - - - -
    Haskovo 1 476 444 845 16 18 153
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 95 39 29 12 15 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 31 4 26 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 32 17 8 1 - 6
    Crimes against the property 188 138 49 - 1 -
    Crimes against the economy 72 19 53 - - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 341 24 317 - - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 107 13 93 1 - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 11 6 4 1 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 452 184 266 - 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 - - - - - -
    Shumen 790 307 341 12 2 128
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 124 58 60 5 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 8 4 3 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 31 21 7 1 - 2
    Crimes against the property 107 63 43 1 - -
    Crimes against the economy 16 4 10 2 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems 5 2 2 - 1 -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 30 20 9 1 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 9 6 3 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 33 18 14 1 - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 301 111 190 - - -
    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 805 276 424 18 26 61
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 59 20 13 4 22 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens 2 1 - 1 - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth 9 3 5 - - 1
    Crimes against the property 169 129 35 5 - -
    Crimes against the economy 29 10 17 2 - -
    Crimes against the financial, tax and insurance systems - - - - - -
    Crimes against the activity of state bodies and public organizations and persons performing public functions 169 6 161 2 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 22 6 16 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace 2 - 2 - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 284 101 175 4 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 - - - - - -
    Military courts - total 104 7 30 5 1 61
    Crimes against the Republic - - - - - -
    Crimes against the person 5 3 1 - 1 -
    Crimes against the rights of the citizens - - - - - -
    Crimes against marriage, family and youth - - - - - -
    Crimes against the property 3 1 2 - - -
    Crimes against the economy 2 - 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 1 - - 1 - -
    Crimes against sports - - - - - -
    Crimes related to documents 1 - 1 - - -
    Computer crimes - - - - - -
    Crimes against the order and the public peace - - - - - -
    Generally dangerous crimes 28 3 23 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 3 - 2 1 - -
    Crimes against the peace and humanity - - - - - -
    1 In the data, total for the country and total by districts, incl. cases under Article 78a.
    2 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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