The corresponding data are published on the website of the Russian department.
It is noted that Sevastopol and St. Petersburg became the leaders in terms of crime growth rates in January - October 2020.
In percentage terms, the rate of increase in the number of registered crimes in Sevastopol was 44.3%, in St. Petersburg - 24.9%.
In third place, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, is the Leningrad region (13.1%), followed by the Smolensk (11.3%) and Lipetsk regions (9.9%).
At the same time, a decrease in the crime rate is observed in Chechnya, North Ossetia, Adygea, the Perm Territory and in the Magadan Region.
Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs named the number of victims of crimes in Russia for ten months of 2020.