ULAN BATOR, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of crime cases in Mongolia in the first 11 months of the year increased 14.6 percent from the same period last year, according to official statistics released on Thursday.
There were a total of 33,900 registered crime cases in Mongolia in the January-November period, up from 29,600 cases in the same period last year, the statistics from the country's National Statistical Office showed.
Some cases recorded large increases during the period. The number of fraud cases rose by 83.2 percent, robbery by 37.1 percent and embezzlement by 56.9 percent.
In the first 11 months, a total of 30,600 people became victims of crime, 48.6 percent of whom were children and women.
The crime rate per 10,000 people aged 18 or older was 165 in the period mentioned, up 12.2 percent year-on-year.
