ULAN BATOR, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The number of criminal cases in Mongolia has increased by nearly 31 percent in the first half of 2025, the country's National Statistical Office (NSO) said Wednesday.
A total of 26,706 criminal cases were recorded in the January-June period, up 30.2 percent against the same period last year, the NSO said.
In the first half of the year, a total of 24,600 people fell victim to various crimes, nearly 52 percent of whom were children and women, it added.
Meanwhile, the crime rate per 10,000 people aged 16 or older came to 118, up 28.2 percent year-on-year. ■