Crime in Poland
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Crime in Poland is lower than in the Western Europe,[citation needed] although the Polish society feels as endangered and affected as their Western counterparts.
The crime rate is the highest in the Upper Silesia, where both the earnings and the unemployment is the highest and the number of social deviations is growing.
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[edit] Organized crime
While local organized crime in Poland existed during the interwar period, it has mostly developed during the time of fall of communism (late 1980s/1990s) with the introduction of capitalist system in Poland and the lessening of the police (milicja) power. Currently the so-called Polish mafia has two major groups: the Pruszków Mafia and the Wołomin Mafia.
[edit] Crime in Poland by city
List of Polish cities most affected by crimes[1]
| No. | City | Number of crimes per 100,000 inhabitants |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Katowice | 7063,7 |
| 2. | Chorzów | 6733,3 |
| 3. | Legnica | 6361,5 |
| 4. | Kalisz | 6228,2 |
| 5. | Gdańsk | 6133,7 |
| 6. | Poznań | 6109,2 |
| 7. | Wrocław | 5983,4 |
| 8. | Kraków | 5974,2 |
| 9. | Kielce | 5926,6 |
| 10. | Gliwice | 5733,5 |
| 11. | Opole | 5649,8 |
| 12. | Włocławek | 5626,9 |
| 13. | Warszawa | 5353,2 |
| 14. | Bytom | 5332,5 |
| 15. | Elbląg | 5328,1 |
| 16. | Zielona Góra | 5193,2 |
| 17. | Tarnów | 5187,3 |
| 18. | Gorzów Wielkopolski | 5156,6 |
| 19. | Szczecin | 5120,9 |
| 20. | Toruń | 5120,2 |
| 21. | Łódź | 5116,4 |
| 22. | Sosnowiec | 5051,7 |
| 23. | Bielsko-Biała | 4969,1 |
| 24. | Lublin | 4968,7 |
| 25. | Zabrze | 4808,8 |
| 26. | Wałbrzych | 4710,2 |
| 27. | Dąbrowa Górnicza | 4690,8 |
| 28. | Radom | 4670,1 |
| 29. | Bydgoszcz | 4515,1 |
| 30. | Rybnik | 4500,7 |
| 31. | Gdynia | 4328,1 |
| 32. | Olsztyn | 4317 |
| 33. | Koszalin | 4004,7 |
| 34. | Ruda Śląska | 3945,3 |
| 35. | Rzeszów | 3890,9 |
| 36. | Tychy | 3842,7 |
| 37. | Częstochowa | 3786,5 |
| 38. | Płock | 3262,5 |
| 39. | Białystok | 2977 |
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Emil Pływaczewski, Organised Crime in Poland: Its Development from 'Real Socialism' to Present Times in Cyrille Fijnaut, Letizia Paoli, Organised Crime in Europe: Concepts, Patterns and Control Policies in the European Union and Beyond, Springer, 2004, ISBN 1402026153
- S. P. Bartnicki, CRIME IN POLAND: TRENDS, REGIONAL PATTERNS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AWARENESS, in David J. Evans, David T. Herbert, The Geography of Crime, Routledge, 1989, ISBN 0415004535
- Carl B. Klockars, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic, Maria R. Haberfeld, Crime in Contemporary Poland in The Contours of Police Integrity, Sage Publications Inc, 2003, ISBN 0761925864
- Organized crime in poland: how to combat it?, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Volume 2, Numbers 2-3 / June, 1994, 0928-1371 (Print) 1572-9869 (Online)
[edit] See also
- Football hooliganism in Poland
- Polish Mob (in United States)
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