Interactive map of Ukraine's "sins": Mykolaiv region — third in the country by SZCH
Map of court cases: who is most "guilty" and of what
16,606 cases for drunk driving in the Mykolaiv Oblast. 3,110 cases of unauthorized leaving of a military unit (AWOL). 1,253 criminal road-traffic incidents. 139 cases in the group of sexual crimes.
These are the figures shown by the interactive map of court cases in Ukraine for 2022–2025, prepared on the basis of data from the Unified State Register of Court Decisions. This is not dry statistics, but a slice of what Mykolaiv Oblast experienced during the full-scale war.
The map allows you to choose criminal or administrative cases, switch years, search for a specific article or group of cases. Drunk driving, road accidents, AWOL, draft evasion, sexual crimes, murders, domestic violence, collaboration and other categories are highlighted separately.
The map is interactive: select the case type, year and the required article or group. The numbers in the regions change automatically.
Who and for what were most “guilty”
Counting across all articles and groups for 2022–2025 shows the main conclusion: Mykolaiv Oblast is not the absolute leader in most large categories, but stands out sharply in AWOL. By number of cases for unauthorized leaving of a military unit, the oblast ranks 3rd in Ukraine.
Where Mykolaiv Oblast appeared in the national top:
| Rank | Category | Mykolaiv Oblast | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | AWOL, art. 407 of the Criminal Code | 3,110 | 41,281 |
| 5 | Administrative: public order and utilities | 357 | 5,766 |
| 5 | Military disobedience, art. 402 of the Criminal Code | 202 | 4,714 |
For AWOL the top-5 oblasts look like this:
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – 8,335 cases;
- Kharkiv Oblast – 4,432 cases;
- Mykolaiv Oblast – 3,110 cases;
- Lviv Oblast – 2,965 cases;
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast – 2,639 cases.
For the most high-profile topics, Mykolaiv Oblast ranks as follows:
| Category | Mykolaiv Oblast Rank | Cases |
|---|---|---|
| Drunk driving, art. 130 of the Code of Administrative Offences | 14 | 16,606 |
| Rape, art. 152 of the Criminal Code | 8 | 101 |
| Sexual crimes overall | 10 | 139 |
| Draft evasion, art. 336 of the Criminal Code | 16 | 228 |
| Criminal road-traffic incidents | 16 | 1,253 |
| Treason / collaboration / aggression | 7 | 535 |
| Intentional murders and other homicides | 10 | 534 |
Mykolaiv Oblast did not become the absolute leader in most categories, but stands out sharply in AWOL: the oblast is third in Ukraine by the number of cases of unauthorized leaving of a military unit.
Drunk driving: thousands of cases — and where are the cars for the army?
The loudest figure for Mykolaiv Oblast is 16,606 cases under art. 130 of the Code of Administrative Offences, i.e., for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
- 2022 — 3,143 cases;
- 2023 — 5,291 cases;
- 2024 — 4,675 cases;
- 2025 — 3,497 cases.
Across Ukraine for this period the map shows 557,372 drunk-driving cases.
And here arises a question Mykolaiv residents remember from the start of the large-scale war. In March 2022 the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Kim, stated that cars would be taken from drunk drivers for the needs of the army.
But 16,606 court cases is a completely different scale. A case under art. 130 does not automatically mean confiscation of the vehicle. To speak of an actual transfer of cars to the Armed Forces, specific court decisions, seizure reports and transfer documents are required.
For comparison: Latvia has made the transfer of confiscated cars to Ukraine a systematic practice. There, cars taken from drunk drivers are regularly sent to Ukrainian military and state structures.
AWOL: Mykolaiv Oblast in the top three
A separate painful issue is 3,110 cases in the group “unauthorized leaving of a military unit” in the Mykolaiv Oblast under art. 407 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
By this indicator Mykolaiv Oblast is among the top three in Ukraine. Only Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — 8,335 — and Kharkiv Oblast — 4,432 — show more such cases on the map.
- 2022 — 249 cases;
- 2023 — 409 cases;
- 2024 — 913 cases;
- 2025 — 1,539 cases.
Thus, over 4 years the oblast’s figure increased more than 6 times. This is one of the most noticeable dynamics on the entire map.
Road accidents: criminal and administrative
The map divides road accidents into 2 large groups. Criminal road-traffic incidents are cases involving more severe consequences. Administrative accidents are mostly under art. 124 of the Code of Administrative Offences.
For Mykolaiv Oblast over 2022–2025:
- 1,253 criminal road-traffic incidents;
- 9,386 administrative accidents without criminal charges.
Criminal road-traffic incidents in the oblast increased each year: 241 cases in 2022, 280 in 2023, 330 in 2024, 402 in 2025.
Sexual crimes: 139 cases in the oblast
In the group of rape and sexual crimes the map shows 139 cases for Mykolaiv Oblast.
Separately under art. 152 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, i.e., rape — 101 cases for 2022–2025.
- 2022 — 17 cases under art. 152;
- 2023 — 24 cases;
- 2024 — 31 cases;
- 2025 — 29 cases.
These are figures that cannot be called mere statistics. Behind each of them are real victims, real proceedings and real courts.
Draft evasion
Under art. 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — evasion of conscription during mobilization — Mykolaiv Oblast has 228 cases for 2022–2025.
The highest number was in 2023 — 91 cases. Then the number fell: 69 cases in 2024 and 50 cases in 2025.
Murders, domestic violence, collaboration
There are other figures that show the heavy backdrop of the war years:
- 534 cases in the group of intentional murders and other homicides;
- 316 criminal cases of domestic violence;
- 15,653 administrative cases of domestic violence;
- 535 cases in the group of treason, collaboration and aggression.
What is important to understand
This map shows court cases specifically, not the full crime statistics. If an incident did not reach the court, it is not here. If a case has a complex procedural history, it is still counted according to the court data.
But even in this form the map gives an important picture: during the years of the large war Mykolaiv Oblast has tens of thousands of administrative cases, thousands of cases concerning drunk drivers, a sharp rise in AWOL, hundreds of serious criminal proceedings and a separate question about the promises to confiscate cars for the Armed Forces.
Data source: Unified State Register of Court Decisions / data.gov.ua, period 01.01.2022–31.12.2025, excluding 2026.
Previously we wrote:
- Thousands of drunk drivers, cars for the army — none in court decisions: what the Mykolaiv registry showed
- “My godfather will call; Mykhailievskyi will ring” — a drunk Porsche Cayenne driver in Korabelnyi argued with the police
- A drunk driver who fled after hitting two pedestrians in the Korabelnyi district has been detained
- Booking for “fictitious work”: an official of Ukrzaliznytsia in Mykolaiv Oblast organized a scheme to evade mobilization
- Draft evasion sold wholesale: 8 schemes exposed
