Perpetrators of drug-related crimes identified by the Ministry of Interior in Bulgaria (2008 – 2025)

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Database (2020 – 2025).xlsx

Number of perpetrators of drug-related crimes (Art. 242, para. 2-3, Art. 354a-354c, PC) identified by the Ministry of Interior in Bulgaria (2008 – 2025)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total number of identified perpetrators	2642	3205	3470	2594	2472	3108	3102	3492	4149	3909	4298	4618	4509	4711	4549	4862	5170	5740
of them:
females	223	293	310	213	219	249	273	311	318	326	391	437	419	489	446	519	551	586
Bulgarians	2463	2995	3240	2415	2563	2901	2881	3234	3813	3856	4243	4566	4450	4267	4452	4771	5094	5740
foreign citizens	39	64	74	42	34	45	40	50	61	53	55	52	59	48	97	91	76	107
minors (under 14 years of age)	2	2	7	6	6	4	6	8	8	12	12	8	5	10	10	15	15	16
juveniles (aged 14 – 17)	230	219	280	292	342	393	453	488	461	522	625	615	451	422	446	475	498	517
aged 18 – 30	1999	2427	2485	1701	1731	1922	1883	2049	2538	2249	2291	2380	2364	2351	2076	2113	2120	2372
aged 31 – 40	253	345	459	381	458	509	521	615	811	843	994	1146	1195	1371	1414	1500	1671	1760
over 40 years of age	158	212	239	214	205	280	239	332	331	283	377	469	494	557	603	759	866	1075
unemployed	375	390	416	476	496	636	577	649	878	809	813	946	1103	1123	1053	1195	1332	1393
do not study or work	20	12	16	18	10	8	7	17	10	11	11	7	11	15	11	11	13	79
students	132	118	142	161	172	193	212	230	274	262	296	303	258	248	266	301	270	505
illiterate	930	1186	1377	1062	1237	1437	1518	1629	2022	1681	1693	1801	1742	1780	1522	1560	1680	1757
with primary school	88	87	96	89	57	66	70	75	91	82	93	102	111	111	83	115	141	143
with primary level of education	160	161	148	160	135	159	169	167	177	170	225	204	220	219	274	286	299	340
with secondary level of education	201	219	235	221	220	272	251	270	306	295	339	326	373	417	502	521	578	569
with higher education	4	7	7	6	16	19	14	20	20	19	22	22	32	26	34	51	39	37
with previous convictions	713	839	888	826	881	994	968	1112	1352	1285	1483	1596	1749	1852	1766	1889	2069	2236
alcohol intoxicated	34	18	22	16	19	17	25	25	23	23	19	19	25	25	30	32	33	17
with drug use	233	258	160	93	98	124	183	226	357	415	577	556	528	522	557	576	643	610