Armenia saw fewer crimes and a higher clearance rate in 2025, according to official data presented by Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan.
Prosecutor General Vardapetyan presented the figures at a parliamentary committee hearing on her annual report.
Citing data from the Crime Statistics and Analysis Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she said that 40,722 crimes were recorded in Armenia in 2025, compared to 42,057 cases in 2024.
She noted that the number of crimes decreased by 1,335, or 3.2%, over the year. Of the recorded crimes, 18,857 were committed in Yerevan (19,877 in 2024).
The Prosecutor General also said that the crime clearance rate increased.
“In 2025, the clearance rate stood at 29.7%, compared to 22.8% in 2024,” Vardapetyan said at a session of the Parliamentary Committee on State and Legal Affairs, emphasizing that the increase amounted to 6.9 percentage points.
According to her, the overwhelming majority of crimes continue to be minor and medium-severity offenses.
“Of the 40,722 recorded crimes, the absolute majority—82.6%—are minor (20,041 cases, or 49.2%) and medium-severity (13,585 cases, or 33.4%) crimes,” Vardapetyan said.
The Prosecutor General also added that, compared to 2024, the share of serious and most serious offences has decreased from 18.3% to 17.4%, a decline of 0.9 percentage points.
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