Ulaanbaatar
Crime rate drops by 21 percent since last year
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. In the first quarter of this year, 10.1 thousand crimes were registered, reflecting a decrease of 2802 or 21.7% compared with the same period of the previous year, according to the National Statistics Office.
In April, 2,575 crimes were registered, an increase of 516 (25.1%) from the previous month. The national average of crime per 10 thousand people aged 16 and over was 48 in the first quarter, down by 12 or 20.0% from the same period of the previous year.
At national level, 35.3 thousand went to the sobering-up stations and 5.2 thousand people were arrested in the first quarter which decreased by 2.3 thousand or 6.1% and increased by 1.2 thousand or 29.7% respectively compared with the same period of the previous year.
