Crime rate in Romania 2015-2019

In 2019, there were 1,817 crimes per 100 thousand people in Romania. Despite a decreasing trend between 2015 and 2017, 2019 saw an increase in the number of crimes, reaching the highest crime rate in Romania in the last five years. In spite of that, the figures show that Romania’s crime index has been slowly decreasing since 2018, reaching the value of 27.64 by 2020.

Crime in Bucharest

Despite being Romania’s capital and the biggest city in the country in terms of population and surface, in 2020, Bucharest’s a crime index was 27.49, ranking second after Iasi. At the same time, the Romanian Police conducted a study on the crime rates in Bucharest, in each of its six administrative districts. As a result, in 2019, District 5 recorded the lowest crime rate level in Bucharest, totaling 62.98 percent. By contrast, District 3 had the highest crime rate, totaling 128.03 percent.

Public opinion on the Romanian justice system

According to a study realized by the European Commission, nearly one third of respondents considered that in terms of independence of courts and judges, the justice system in Romania was fairly bad. The most important reason that shaped the respondents’ opinion was the interference or pressure from either the government or the politicians. Nevertheless, respondents agreed that the status and position of judges was enough to guarantee the independence of the Romanian justice system only to some extent.