Drug-related crimes detected by the Ministry of Interior in Bulgaria (2008 – 2022)

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Number of drug-related crimes (Art. 242, para. 2-3, Art. 354a-354c PC) detected by the Ministry of Interior in Bulgaria (2008 – 2022)

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Detected crimes (total)	2593	3201	3462	2372	2502	2894	2991	3424	4244	4035	4507	4827	4598	4887	4739
of which:
in public places	1456	1858	1940	1051	949	1119	1388	1567	2080	2038	2314	2430	3670	2052	2217
in a regional centre or city	2086	2564	2694	1612	1613	1889	2137	2444	3231	2919	3419	3571	1316	3252	3417
in a village	115	192	179	227	233	254	255	283	432	375	406	446	475	387	428
outside populated areas	63	81	64	56	70	83	85	101	171	169	172	156	161	137	153
in a villa area	9	4	8	6	6	10	6	14	9	23	14	18	13	18	11
in a border area	11	19	10	3	1	0	3	3	7	4	15	11	6	8	7
at the border crossing	–	–	26	8	10	3	9	10	10	5	1	3	6	4	8
committed by:
females	228	304	307	210	220	253	275	325	341	351	409	467	443	512	476
Bulgarian citizens	2456	3039	3250	2259	2384	2759	2824	3240	3984	3983	4524	4849	4625	4485	4760
foreign citizens	39	59	66	39	30	42	37	50	57	52	61	51	57	52	93
minors (under 14 years of age)	2	2	6	6	6	4	7	7	8	11	12	8	5	11	11
juveniles (aged 14 – 17)	233	227	287	306	347	416	472	503	487	547	672	662	475	453	490
aged 18 – 30	1986	2461	2476	1598	1641	1829	1835	2050	2658	2337	2423	2532	2434	2474	2195
aged 31 – 40	262	346	470	361	415	505	526	627	859	909	1069	1124	1269	1480	1523
over 40 years of age	159	211	237	200	200	270	237	339	336	319	414	504	531	587	640
unemployed	322	372	367	380	423	538	532	636	886	834	883	981	1101	1181	1152
do not study or work	16	11	11	12	11	7	6	11	9	11	12	8	11	16	11
students	124	110	127	134	159	189	195	202	267	245	306	315	262	254	277
illiterate	1013	1282	1484	1120	1292	1526	1604	1771	2238	1810	1850	2000	1867	1942	1687
with primary school	100	93	100	92	61	69	77	82	99	96	97	109	122	129	95
with primary level of education	177	183	165	172	142	170	178	177	195	189	261	230	235	241	310
with secondary level of education	221	238	265	231	228	280	273	297	339	333	393	363	409	471	547
with higher education	4	7	7	6	18	19	15	24	21	23	23	22	41	28	35
with previous convictions	761	884	925	782	849	982	978	1152	1454	1386	1631	1733	1860	2009	1909
alcohol intoxicated	34	18	23	17	20	17	25	25	23	24	19	19	27	26	32
with drug use	253	292	176	94	101	132	188	242	395	449	635	597	566	572	591
individually committed	2387	2987	3220	2133	2259	2624	2779	3159	4007	3837	4323	4613	4376	4671	4513
in complicity committed	206	214	242	239	243	270	212	265	237	198	184	214	222	216	226
Detected crimes from the registered crimes in the year (total)	2284	2860	2981	1912	1933	2239	2495	2939	3936	3553	4093	4256	3660	3837	4050
of which: with unknown offender	1225	1392	1532	1048	822	969	878	1055	1276	1154	1629	1915	1873	2057	2238