Crime in the Czech Republic has declined overall in the current year. However, the latest police statistics show a contrary trend in serious violent offences. In particular, the number of murders recorded a slight increase in the first eleven months.
The Czech police report a moderate decline in overall crime for the current year. By the end of November, 159,506 offences had been recorded nationwide, representing a decrease of 2,801 cases compared with the same period last year. An opposing trend can be observed in homicide offences: the number of murders, including attempts and preparatory acts, rose slightly to 141 cases – four more than in the first eleven months of 2024.
According to the latest police statistics, most murders – specifically 74 cases – were, as in previous years, motivated by personal relationships. In addition, investigators recorded four robbery murders, three contract killings and two offences with a sexual motive.
From a regional perspective, the capital Prague remains at the top of the crime statistics with 32,247 offences, although figures there, as well as in Central Bohemia, are declining. The situation is different in the Moravian-Silesian Region, which recorded an increase of around 800 cases to almost 20,000 offences. The safest regions in the country continue to be Karlovy Vary, Pardubice and the Vysočina Region, where fewer than 5,000 offences were recorded in each case.
Figures are declining in almost all categories of crime. Economic crime fell by 534 cases to 11,630, and property offences also decreased, with 25,221 cases recorded. Only in the area of sexual offences did the police record a significant increase of just under 300 cases, bringing the total to 3,501.
The overall clear-up rate, as in previous years, stands at around 40 per cent. While investigators traditionally achieve very high success rates in solving murders, the clear-up rate for property crime remains the lowest. Overall, officers have already concluded almost 70,000 of the reported offences this year.
