Crime in Georgia in 2017:
Property crime most prevalent

Crimes against property are the most commonly reported crime in Georgia, followed by violent crimes and drug-related offences, reveal statistics released today by official sources.

The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) published data from Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs today, which shows that 37,944 crimes were recorded in 2017 in Georgia, of which 1,013 were committed against a person’s life.

Statistics show that the number of crimes increased by 5.4 percent in comparison to 2016.

Last year 21 cases of human trafficking were registered in Georgia of which two cases were detected.

Which were the most common crimes of 2017?

In 2017, the five most commonly reported crimes in Georgia were:

1. Crime against property (14,385 crimes)
2. Crime resulting in injury (5,349 crimes)
3. Drug-related offences (4,762 crimes)
4. Transport crime (2,626 crimes)
5. Crime against normal government functionality (2,421 crimes)

Who were the victims?

Last year 12,641 people were victims of crime – 11,993 were Georgian citizens, 561 were foreigners, 10 victims had dual citizenship, three were stateless and 74 victim’s details were not specified.

The statistics show that in most cases, the victims were male. Specifically in 2017 there were 6,705 male victims and 5,886 female victims of crime.

The majority of victims of crime were aged between 25 and 44 – in this age category there were 5,394 victims of crime in 2017. Similarly, about 5,015 victims were older than 44; 1,519 victims were between 17 and 24 years old; and 659 victims were less than 17 years old.

Fires registered in Georgia in 2017

Last year there were 15,222 fires registered in Georgia, said Geostat. Of these cases, 79 people lost their lives as a result of fires and 244 were injured. Furthermore, 543 buildings and structures were destroyed by fire and 79 domestic animals were killed.

Road traffic accidents

The total number of road traffic accidents reached 6,079 in Georgia in 2017, reported Geostat, of which 160 were caused by intoxication. As a result 8,461 people were injured and 517 were killed on Georgia’s roads.

Georgia among world’s safest countries

To note, Georgia is one of the safest country in the world to live and travel.

Numbeo.com, the world’s largest database of user contributed data, has ranked Georgia the seventh safest country in the world.

Furthermore, Georgia is among the safest countries in the world in the latest travel advisory for United States (US) travellers published by the US State Department.

Recently, Iceland has added Georgia to the list of safe countries.