Sofia, July 16 (BTA) - According to a publication by the
National Statistical Institute (NSI) on Thursday, in 2019 the
trials of 30,276 committed crimes were concluded. Proceedings of
 10,577 crimes were ended with effective sentences, of 14,385
crimes - with conditional sentences, of 669 crimes - with
acquittal sentences, of 270 crimes - with suspension and of
4,375 crimes - with release of penalty.

Proceedings of 24,962 committed crimes were ended with effective
 and conditional penalties. That was 0.8 per cent less in
comparison with 2018. 12,029 crimes of them were committed in
2019 (48.2 per cent of the total number), 7,685 (30.8 per cent)
- in 2018 and 5,248 (21.0 per cent) - in previous years.
 
The number of persons convicted with penalties that came into
force was 23,389 in 2019. Compared to 2018 the number of persons
 convicted decreased by 2.4 per cent. In 2019 the rate of
criminal activity was 388 per  100,000 persons of average annual
 criminally responsible population (age of 14 and over) and it
was less by 1.8 per cent compared to 2018.
 
Highest was the rate of criminal activity of the age group from
18 to 24 years (1,115 convicted persons per 100,000 persons of
the population of the same age group). The rate of criminal
activity of juvenile persons (14 - 17 years) was 408 per 100,000
 persons of the respective population.

The crimes of general danger hold the first place as a number
and relative share in the total of punished criminality in 2019
with 12,826 crimes of this kind being punished, or 51.4 per cent
 of the total crimes ended with penalties. The number of persons
 convicted for commitment of that type of crimes was 11,344 or
48.5 per cent of the total number of convicted persons.

The crimes against the property hold second place in the
structure of punished criminality. The number of punished crimes
 against the property in 2019 was 4,926 or 19.7 per cent of the
total number of crimes with penalty inflicted. 5,480 persons
were convicted for that type of crimes in 2019.
   
A total of 1,417 crimes against the activity of state bodies,
public organizations and persons performing public duties
(crimes against the order governing, crimes at work, crimes
against the justice and bribery) were ended with penalties in
2019. That presents 5.7 per cent of the total number of punished
 crimes. 1,239 persons were convicted for that type of crimes,
or 5.3 per cent of the total number of convicted persons.
 
Illegal crossing of the boundary is the most widely distributed
kind among these crimes. For 615 committed crimes 578 persons
were convicted that represents 43.4 per cent and 46.7 per cent
of the total number of crimes and persons convicted for crimes
against the activity of state bodies, public organizations and
persons performing public duties respectively. For commitment of
 64 bringing of persons across the boundary 92 persons, or 7.4
per cent of convicted for crimes against the activity of state
bodies, public organizations and persons performing public
duties, were convicted.

The number of punished crimes against the economy in 2019 was
1,451 or 5.8 per cent of the total number of punished crimes.
For commitment of that kind of crimes 1,474 persons were
convicted that represents 6.3 per cent of the total number of
persons convicted.

In 2019 1,905 (7.6 per cent) crimes against the person were
ended with penalty and 1,511 persons (6.5 per cent) were
convicted.

A total of 82 persons were convicted for commitment of 71
homicides (committed and attempted).

The number of convicted males was 21,496 or 91.9 per cent of the
 total number of convicted persons. The number of convicted
females was 1,893 (8.1 per cent).

The coefficient of criminal activity of convicted males was 742
per 100,000 persons of respective population, and for females it
 was 61 per 100,000 persons.

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