Penza, 30 October 2018. PenzaNews. Almost 9,500 crimes were registered in the Penza region from January to September 2018, which is 7.8% more than over the same period last year. This was reported by the senior assistant of the regional prosecutor for media relations Svetlana Artamonova.

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She noted that the increase in crime number was observed in 16 areas and that in two areas the number of crimes had increased by over 30%: in the Leninsky area – by 35.6%, in the Kameshkirsky area – by 32.7%.

"The decrease in the number of registered crimes is observed in 15 areas, and in two of them the number of crimes decreased by more than 15%: in the Vadinsky area – by 17.9% and the Bekovsky area – by 29.3%," the interlocutor explained adding that the number of crimes in the Maloserdobinsky and Shemysheysky areas had remained unchanged.

"As a result of criminal attacks, 140 people were killed, 256 people suffered serious harm to their health," the senior assistant of the regional prosecutor said.