Majority of NDI respondents say criminal situation has worsened in Georgia in the past 10 years

According to the majority of respondents of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the criminal situation in Georgia has worsened in the past 10 years.

In particular, to a question: “How the criminal situation has changed in Georgia in the last 10 years?” - 43% of respondents responded by saying that it got worse, 32% said it remained the same, 18% said it improved and 7% said they did not know.

As for the most frequent crimes, 25% of respondents say that the most widespread crime in Georgia was related to drugs, 21% said robbery/burglary/theft, 20% - road accidents/traffic collissions, 14% - murder, 5% - domestic violence, 4% - juvenile offense, 1% - physical abuse, sexual harassment and illegal migration.

The results reflect data collected from December 6-20, 2018, through face-to-face interviews with a nationwide representative sample of Georgia’s adult population, excluding occupied territories, that included 2,205 completed interviews. The average margin of error is +/- 2.1 percent.