The review said that 2005 saw a drop in the majority of criminal acts but an increase in the number of grave crimes such as armed robberies and organised crime, for example white-collar crime.
The crime rate, namely the number of criminal acts per 100,000 inhabitants, in 2005 was lower than the year before.
The average number of crimes in Croatia per 100,000 inhabitants is 1,170, which is much lower than elsewhere in Europe. In Germany, the number of crimes is 8,037, in Russia 2,022, in Slovenia 4,204, in Hungary 4,140, in Luxembourg 5,098 and in Bulgaria 1,821.
In 2005, the police solved 66.16 per cent of all crimes committed, up 3.45 from 2004.
After the parliamentary committee session, Interior Minister Ivica Kirin said that 79,946 criminal acts were reported in 2005, down 6.4 per cent from the year before, but added that statistics did not speak of the general security situation in the country.