Crime Dynamics
During the 1990s, there were 2.300 reported crimes per 100.000 citizens in Slovakia. In comparison with the neighboring countries - it was 3.200 in Hungary, 3.400 in Poland, 4.100 in the Czech Republic and 6.100 in Austria. It has to be noted that the comparatively higher number of crimes in Austria is in a large part because Austrian citizens have a much higher law awareness and tend to cooperate with the police more than for example Slovaks.
From 1989 to 1999, the number of crime perpetrators has slightly risen from over 35.000 in 1989 to almost 45.000 in 1999. The number of perpetrators not convicted remains stable at some 80 percent of total perpetrators. Also somewhat stable is the number of habitual offenders at approximately 10.000.
The 2000s saw again a slight rise in the number of perpetrators and a steep rise in economic crime.
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