Crime in Budapest Grew Overall Last Year - But Drop Recorded in Murders, Burglaries
- 28 Mar 2024 5:05 AM
- Hungary Matters
The Budapest City Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved the annual report of the Budapest police headquarters’ activities in 2023 showing that the number of crimes registered in the capital grew by 1.9% to 40,754 over one year.
Budapest police chief Tamás Terdik told the meeting that there had been a considerable drop in the number of murders, with 35 murders registered in 2023, and none of them remained unsolved.
There was a 3% increase in the number of thefts, though the number of car thefts dropped by 8%, he said.
The number of burglaries dropped by 15% and the number of robberies by 8%, he said, adding that the number of burglaries was at an all-time low.
Terdik said there had been a shift in criminal activities, with an increase in cybercrime.
Budapest police received 201,000 calls last year and the average response time was 12%, among the fastest in the country, similarly to previous years, he said.
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