Zhodnocení vztahu mezi mírou podvodné kriminality a socioekonomickými faktory v České republice

Abstract

The bachelor’s thesis examines the relationship between fraud crime rates and selected socioeconomic factors in the regions of the Czech Republic. The aim of the thesis was to identify factors that may be associated with regional differences in fraud occurrence and to assess the strength of these relationships using correlation and regression analysis. The theoretical part defines fraud as a form of economic crime and focuses on its main types and key determinants. Particular attention is given to income level, unemployment, age structure, and urban density. The empirical part uses data for the period 2005–2025 at the regional level and examines two statistical categories of fraud, namely 511 and 830. The results show that the relationship between fraud crime and socioeconomic factors differs depending on the type of fraud. The regression model also confirms that the selected set of variables explains a substantial part of the variability of the observed phenomenon. The thesis thus confirms that fraud crime is related not only to the economic level of regions, but also to their demographic and spatial characteristics.