Crime rate in Romania 2015-2020

In 2020 there were 1,670 crimes per 100 thousand people in Romania. Despite an increasing trend between 2018 and 2019, last year saw a considerable decrease in the number of crimes, reaching the lowest crime rate in Romania in the last six years. Moreover, 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.