Bajic said that what could be reason for concern was the fact that the number of unknown perpetrators of crimes was rising by the year.
The most frequent are property offence cases as well as crimes against the freedom of man and citizen. A decrease of nine percent was registered in crimes connected with narcotics, and serious crimes against life and body were also on the decline.
Of charges pressed against some 70,000 people last year, 58 municipal, 19 county, one state office of public prosecutors and the Office for the Prevention of Organised Crime and Corruption (USKOK) solved 55,000 cases, while the rest is being processed, Bajic said.
What is also encouraging is the fact that last year prosecutors needed four months on the average to tackle a case. This year it may be reduced to three months on average, which is in line with European standards, Bajic told MPs.
To corroborate statements that judicial reform yielded results, Bajic said that last year the number of verdicts passed by courts increased by 27.4 percent, and 87.6 percent of court rulings were convictions.
According to the report, 10.9 percent of convictions were prison sentences, suspended sentences accounted for 65.8 percent, and fines accounted for 18 percent.
Juvenile delinquency was also on the decline.
USKOK received 480 reports with mainly organised crime charges. In this field, courts passed 91 verdicts, of which 37 were convictions (with 65 percent of prison sentences).
Last year, 96 persons were reported on suspicion that they committed war crimes, which was a considerably lower number than in previous years.
An increasingly small number of white-collar crimes has been reported by the year. In 2003, economic crimes accounted for 12 percent of all forms of crime.
During discussions on Thursday evening, all clubs of parliamentary parties supported Bajic's report.
The parliament will resume its 10th session on Friday morning with MPs' debate on this topic.
The Sabor will also tomorrow consider a 2003 report by the national bank.