The number of crimes committed by migrants in Yekaterinburg has increased.
In Yekaterinburg, over the first nine months of the current year the number of crimes committed by migrants increased by roughly one and a half times. According to the city duma, foreigners were involved in more than 550 offenses compared with 350 for the same period last year.
These statistics were presented at a meeting of the security commission by city duma chairman Igor Volodin, URA.RU reports.
"We are seeing a rise in crimes," Volodin said. "In the nine months of the current year 555 crimes were committed, whereas in 2024 there were 350. These are different categories — from thefts and robberies to serious crimes. The number of the latter increased from 170 to 351."
Denis Belyaev, head of the Russian Interior Ministry in Yekaterinburg, explained that the rise in the statistics is primarily due to a change in the approach to recording crimes.
"Most of the crimes committed by foreign citizens are related to the illegal drug trade. Previously several stash sites organized by one person were counted as a single incident. Now each 'zakladka' is considered a separate crime, which has led to the statistical increase," Belyaev explained.
As an example he cited a case in which a migrant managed to make about 200 "zakladkas" in two days.
According to Alexander Kashigin, deputy director of the mayor's Department of Public Relations, more than 60,000 labor migrants are officially registered in Yekaterinburg. This figure does not include members of their families living in the city.
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The number of crimes committed by migrants in Yekaterinburg has increased.
In Yekaterinburg, over the first nine months of this year the number of crimes committed by migrants rose by roughly one and a half times. According to the city Duma, foreigners were implicated in more than 550 offenses, compared with 350 in the same period last year.