In 2025, Tajikistan registered 23,448 crimes, an increase of 1,134 cases compared to 2024, when the number was 22,314. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, Ramazon Rahimzoda, at a news conference in Dushanbe on February 12.
According to the ministry, the crime clearance rate last year was 78%.
The number of reported rapes, robberies, and illegal drug trafficking cases increased, while murders, abductions, and hooliganism declined. Specifically, the following crimes were registered:
· Murders and attempted murders: 74 (compared to 75 in 2024)
· Robberies: 32 (compared to 28)
· Thefts: 107 (compared to 86)
· Rapes: 49 (compared to 41)
· Intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm: 119 (compared to 117)
· Hooliganism: 1,559 (compared to 1,663)
· Abductions: 9 (compared to 10)
· Illegal possession and manufacturing of weapons: 26 (compared to 31)
· Corruption crimes: 56 (compared to 61)
· Illegal drug trafficking, production, and transportation: 905 (compared to 745)
· Fraud: 3,857 (compared to 3,480)
· Thefts: 3,902 (compared to 3,858)
Increase in road traffic accidents
Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda also reported a rise in road accidents and the number of fatalities caused by traffic incidents. According to Rahimzoda, in 2025, Tajikistan registered 1,373 road accidents, resulting in 643 deaths. Another 1,542 people were injured in these accidents.
In 2024, 1,233 traffic accidents occurred, resulting in 552 deaths.