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Russian Newsweek Names Most Criminal Cities
Russian Newsweek has published a ranking of Russian cities by criminality. Surgut occupies first place. It is followed by Tyumen and Perm. In fourth through tenth places are Syktyvkar, Berezniki (Perm Territory), Khabarovsk, Chita, Yakutsk, Irkutsk and Abakan. Russia’s two largest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg, are ranked 111th and 112th, respectively.
Criminality was determined as the total number of cases of crime per capita. An average of 493 crimes per year per 10,000 people are committed in Surgut. That indicator is 198 for Moscow. Along with the general rating, there was a table published showing where different crimes occur most often. The most murders, rapes and crime involving serious bodily harm occur in Kyzyl, the administrative center of Tyva. The most theft, robbery and burglary occurs in Perm. The most economic crimes occur in Mytishchi, Orekhovo-Zuevo and Lyubertsy, which are all near Moscow. The most narcotics-related crimes occur in Birobidzhan, Surgut and Tyumen.
The research published in the magazine is based on data from 2002-2006. It also predicts that Perm will become the most criminal city in Russia this year. The situation in Vladivostok, Achinsk, Izhevsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur has also deteriorated. The magazine conducted its research in conjunction with the Region analytical center in Krasnoyarsk.
www.kommersant.com
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