YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. 8875 cases of crime were registered in Armenia in 2005 against 10083 in the previous year and the decrease made 12% or 1208 cases. Hovhannes Hunanian, the Deputy Head of the RA Police, mentioned about this at the February 10 press conference. The number of crimes falling to 10 thousand inhabitants made 27.6 in the republic in 2005 (31.4 in 2004). 1.5% of the crimes registered during the last year falls to especially grave crimes (in 2004 1.7%), and the 35.3% to grave crimes (in 2004 34.6%). The number of the grave crimes decreased by 10.3%, from 3487 cases to 3129 cases, and the especially grave ones by 23.7%, from 177 cases to 135. Among the crimes against the human beings a decrease was registered in cases of murder and attempted murder, from 114 to 79, in intentionally damaging somebody's health, from 1152 to 725 cases (including the serious damaging somebody's health, from 205 to 199). At the same time in the mentioned group an increase was registered only in the crimes against the sexual inviolability, from 48 to 51, including the cases of raping and rape attempt, from 12 to 23. Among the assaults done against the property an decrease was registered in cases of robbery from 2791 to 2463, banditry from 129 to 108, fraud from 497 to 466, appropriation or waste from 130 to 123, and hijacking transport means from 127 to 96. In this group an increase was registered only in cases of robbery, from 114 to 161. 218 cases of crimes against the economic activity were disclosed in 2005 (265 cases in 2004), including 8 cases of bribary (4 cases in 2004) and 60 cases of counterfeit (45 cases in 2004). H.Hunanian mentioned that for the first time during the last 9 years a decreasing tendency of the main indices defining the crimes of the juveniles was registered. The number of the juvenile criminals called to criminal liability decreased by 27 or 7% (from 383 to 356) and the number of the crimes committed by them by 46 or 8.3% (from 557 to 511).

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