Abstract: The article substantiates the topicality of the problem of studying crime in rural areas, which is defined, on one hand, by complicated character of criminal situation in villages, and topicality of problems of organizing countermeasures against crime and its prevention, and on the other hand, by the lack of studies of the criminological issues in the sphere of rural crime. The number of cases involving death or grievous harm to health of village people by criminal attacks is especially alarming to one studying rural crime.  The number of deaths of people due to crime in rural areas in Russia remains the same in last three years, and it is over two times larger than the same criterion for the city crime, and one and a half times larger for causing grievous harm to health of people. The authors of the article point out the complicated character of criminal situation in the villages. The tendency for the lesser registered crimes in the rural areas in 2009 to 2012 does not reflect the real situation, since it is artificially formed in last several years by lowering statistical data. In this article the authors analyze the situation and tendencies in rural crime. The methods employed include following from abstract to specific, systemic structural and comparative analysis, historic method, dynamic and statistical methods, as well as specific sociological methods for the evaluation of rural crime. The scientific novelty is due to establishing the fact that the level of rural crime is higher than city crime.  Additionally, the crimes in rural area become especially troublesome due to the scale and amount of deaths of village people and causing grievous harm to their health.  The number of deaths of people due to crime in rural areas in Russia remains the same in last three years, and it is over two times larger than the same criterion for the city crime, and one and a half times larger for causing grievous harm to health of people.

Abstract: The article contains criminological characteristics of the crimes of foreign migrants, and specific features of its territorial spread.  One should evaluate crimes committed by foreigners objectively without overestimating its public danger. Criminal activities level of foreigners is not above the criminal activities level of the Russian Federation according to the calculations by the authors.  However, there is a number of other important parameters, showing high level of its public danger. Crimes by foreigners are closely connected with illegal migration.  The threat to national security from illegal migration is strongly connected with the crimes of illegal migrants.  The public danger of crimes by illegal migrants should not be underestimated. Illegal migrants constitute up to 90% among migrant criminals.  There is also a connection between migrant crimes and citizenship of migrants. There is also a connection between migrant crimes and emigration directions from the neighboring states, and existence of old and new diasporas of people from these states in the Russian Federation. The new diasporas are formed by the migrant from the Central Asia. Their crime level grew abruptly in last five years (2007 to 2011). The older diasporas are formed by the citizens of other neighboring states, and the crime level among them is lowering.