In the Vitebsk region, juvenile crime decreased by 22.4% in the first quarter

April 8, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In the Vitebsk region, juvenile delinquency in the first quarter of 2011 decreased by 22.4% compared to the same period last year. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Irina Yanukovich, Senior Assistant Prosecutor of the Vitebsk Region for Supervision of the Enforcement of Legislation on Minors and Youth. In total, over the past three months, 104 crimes committed by minors have been registered in the region. Their share in the total crime rate was 4.2% compared to 4.4% in the same period of 2010. The number of offenses committed by minors while intoxicated decreased by 29.4% to 24 cases in the first quarter, by a group of individuals - by 50% (27), by those with a criminal record - by 51.1% (21). Despite the positive trend in the region as a whole, an increase in juvenile crimes is noted in Braslavsky, Verkhnedvinsky, Gluboksky, Miorsky, Orshansky districts and Polotsk. The number of offenses increased in seven regions of the region: Novopolotsk, Orsha, Polotsky, Sennensky, Miorsky districts, as well as in Oktyabrsky and Pervomaisky districts of Vitebsk. In total, from January to March, 759 offenses committed by persons under 18 years of age were registered in the region, which is 18.6% less compared to the same level last year. -0-