On what basis do you think there was no everyday crime in Soviet Union? Having lived in SU there absolutely was normal crime - violent and nonviolent. Levels o

On what basis do you think there was no everyday crime in Soviet Union? Having lived in SU there absolutely was normal crime - violent and nonviolent. Levels of crime were presumably like everywhere else. Why wouldn't there be property crime? There absolutely was everyday crime: Burglary Stealing (personal and state property) Hooliganism (always a favorite in the news) Frauds / Confidence Games Firearms and Narcotics related offenses were less prevalent than in the US Rapes (not mentioned loudly) Sex related crimes in general were suppressed in the news Murders (also rarely heard at the time but they were there) only one I cant find is Carjacking. There were also economic crimes which even had a special KGB section to deal with them in addition to police. -Meaning large scale stealing within state enterprises(ie stealing from the corporation that you work for) by higher up directors -Various black markets / money exchanges -Illegal enterprises down to midnight video services In fact during that time official newspapers did not cover the murders as much as they did cover the lesser property crimes and performed various awareness rising functions. Now with the opening of police archives a lot of more brutal crimes have been brought up.