Russia: regions with most youth crimes

Magadan Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia were the country's federal subjects with the largest share of crimes committed by underage persons or where they acted as co-perpetrators in 2021. The percentage of such crimes was under eight percent of overall number of investigated offenses. In Novgorod Oblast, criminal cases involving youth accounted for 6.1 percent of the total.

Share of youth crime in the total number of registered offenses in Russia in 2021, by federal subject*

Characteristic	Share of youth crime
Magadan Oblast	6.7%
Republic of Karelia	6.7%
Novgorod Oblast	6.1%
Sakhalin Oblast	5.3%
Jewish Autonomous Oblast	5.3%
Republic of Buryatia	5.1%
Arkhangelsk Oblast	4.8%
Tyva Republic	4.7%
Sverdlovsk Oblast	4.7%
Kemerov Oblast - Kuzbass	4.7%

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Release date

January 2022

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* Includes the crimes committed by underage persons (under 18 years old) or when they were co-perpetrators. Share of investigated crimes.

The figures are presented for 10 regions with the highest share of youth crime in the total number of investigated offenses.

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