
Criminality in Albania increased by 7.5 per cent in 2021 compared to 2020, where the strongest increase was three criminal acts.
Domestic violence, criminal acts in the field of narcotics and corruption are the three crimes that have suffered the greatest increase.
According to data released by INSTAT, domestic violence increased by 8.4 percent. Sociologists have explained this phenomenon as a result of the pandemic, quarantine and financial crisis that has hit low- or middle-income families harder.
Criminal acts in the field of narcotics have suffered the greatest increase. Of the figures published by INSTAT, they increased by 47.6 percent.
Criminal acts of corruption and abuse of office have also suffered strong growth of 45.7 percent.
Violations of road traffic rules are other works that have suffered a 10 percent increase. Decreases have suffered sex crimes by 6.8 percent, theft by 10 percent and wilful crimes against health by 13.7 percent.
There was also a 4 percent increase in the number of persons registered as authors of these criminal acts compared to 2020, reaching about 40,000 within a year.
As for the age of the perpetrators of criminal acts, 33 per cent of them are between 30 and 44 years old, being the largest group according to this categorization, followed later by the age of 18 to 29.
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