Is Hungary safe? Here is the updated crime map
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Sadly, the number of felonies grew significantly between 2022 and 2023 and reached a five-year peak in 2023. In a county, the number of registered crimes grew by 40%. But is that the national trend? And how did Budapest perform? Is Hungary still safe for foreigners, guest workers? Here is the new ‘crime map’ updated by the latest data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).
Number of serious crimes fell
In Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, the number of registered felonies increased by 40% from 5,525 to 7,748 between 2022 and 2023. The base was very high in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, 12,852, and the growth is considerable, 2,256 in just one year. In Hajdú-Bihar County, the number of crimes grew from 5,608 to 7,159, Pénzcentrum wrote.
On a national level, the number of serious crimes like homicide fell, but the number of frauds and thefts skyrocketed.
The number of crimes is the highest in Budapest and Pest County. However, considering the population in these two regions, that is not surprising. For example, Budapest’s population is more than 1.75 million, while Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County has around 640 thousand people. Meanwhile, the number of crimes committed in Budapest was “only” 43 thousand. And that is only a 2% rise compared to 2022.
Safer counties on the crime map
Which counties became safer? The number of crimes committed decreased the most in Nógrád County by 14%. The decrease spans between 3% and 9% in Baranya, Veszprém, Somogy, Győr-Moson-Sopron, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties.
In the case of bodily harm, the number of crimes decreased in Budapest by 2%, but that rate is 43% in the case of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. That means the number of registered cases dropped from 331 to 188 in just one year. The national average is -4%. On the other end of the list are Baranya, Veszprém and Bács-Kiskun counties: +18%, +13%, and +13%.
Under the Soros justice system in some of the biggest cities in the US most of these crimes would not be charged. Soros jr now in charge is even crazier.. these are the clowns who charged a half billion dollars to trump and his children a million each-It’s not really clear what the crime is.