ArmInfo. By the end of 2018, 11344 cases of crime were registered in Yerevan, which is 9.9% more than a year ago. The increase is due to growth in the number of crimes of moderate severity, grave and especially grave ones.
According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan Prosecutor Gevorg Baghdasaryan said this. According to him, an unprecedented growth in the capital was recorded in burglaries, which grew by 81.6% to 801 cases. In parallel with this, there is a tendency of y-o-y reduction in the number of their disclosures: according to the results of 2018, only 9.5% of the total number of cases of apartment theft in Yerevan were disclosed.
He noted that during the reporting year there was damage of 1.981.242.023 drams, of which 623.820.833 drams were restored. The main part of the reimbursed funds related to criminal cases in the points of technical inspection.
In 2018, 12 murder cases were registered in Yerevan, compared to 11 a year earlier. The rate of disclosure of these killings was 85.7%, against 80% a year earlier.
The number of crimes related to deliberate damage to health decreased by 19.8%, amounting to 368 cases, including 86 cases of intentional grave injury (against 89 in 2017) and 25 cases of robbery (against 28 in 2017).
In 2018, 111 corruption cases with abuse of official authority were registered (against 54 in 2017), 113 in bribes (against 99 in 2017). This growth is due to the active fight against corruption. As G. Baghdasaryan noted, in 2018, 563 cases were registered in Yerevan (against 335 in 2017) for moderate injuries and severe injuries as a result of traffic rules violations. According to him fatal cases with violation of traffic rules increased by 15.5%.