Crimes In Budapest Drop 10% In 2018

  • 28 Mar 2019 5:12 AM
  • Hungary Matters
Crimes In Budapest Drop 10% In 2018
The number of reported crimes in Budapest dropped by 9.8% in 2018 to 56.739 from 62.870 in the previous year, according to an annual report submitted to the Budapest Assembly.

The assembly approved the report by the Budapest Police headquarters in a unanimous vote.

Commenting on the data, Tamás Terdik - pictured above -, the chief of Budapest police, noted that the number of crimes committed in Budapest in 2018 was the lowest in the past nine years.

MTI Photo: Bruzák Noémi

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