The number of serious crimes in the North Caucasus Federal District has become a record for a decade and a half

More than 13 thousand registered serious and especially serious crimes were committed in the North Caucasus Federal District in the first six months of 2025. This is a record figure for this period since 2010, according to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The largest number of such crimes in the North Caucasus Federal District were committed in Stavropol (5.2 thousand). Next come Dagestan (3.1 thousand), North Ossetia (1.6 thousand) and
Kabardino-Balkaria (1.3 thousand). The lowest figures are in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (908), Ingushetia (515) and Chechnya (490).

In general, 333 thousand serious crimes were committed in the Russian Federation in six months. This is also the highest figure in 15 years.

In 2024, the maximum increase in the number of serious and especially serious crimes in the country was recorded in Adygea: in a year, they increased by almost a third. Crime increased by almost a quarter in Chechnya and Karachay-Cherkessia.

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