Crime rates in Lithuania versus the articles on crime in mass media:
“Lietuvos Rytas”
The graph No 1 (below) demonstrates, how the official statistics of the registered crimes in Lithuania between 1990 and 1999 looks compared to the articles about crimes in the most popular newspaper of the period – “Lietuvos rytas”.
- Official = official crime statistics
- Newspaper = number of the articles about crimes per year in “Lietuvos rytas”
Registered crime numbers in Lithuania 1990-1999
As the graph below demonstrates, during the period of 1990-1999 Lithuania experienced a rapid growth of crimes. This graph (No 2) reveals the total crime numbers, according to the official statistics.
- Num-Total = the total number of registered crimes
- M-and-A = murders and attempts
- PersP = crimes against personal property
- LHF = crimes against life, health freedom and dignity of a person
Crime numbers in Lithuania 1990-2000: 100k population
The graph No 3 demonstrates the number of registered crimes in Lithuania in 1990-2000 per 100 000 population.
Crime numbers in Russia 1990-2000: 100k population
The graph No 4 demonstrates the number of registered crimes in Russia in 1990-2000 per 100 000 population.
Source of the Russian Statistics : Russia Crime Rate & Statistics 1990-2023
Source of the Lithuanian statistics: Lietuvos statistikos metraštis, mentioned newspapers.