Relevance. The article presents modern data indicating those conditions of adaptation of migrants that may encourage them to commit crimes, as well as those factors that influence the effectiveness of crime prevention in the field of migration. It has been established that the level of public confidence in the quality of adaptation of foreigners to the modern socio-cultural space is falling, and certain factors sharply increase both the level of migrant phobia on the part of the population and destabilize the crime situation in the country.The purpose of the study is to complement scientific knowledge in terms of identifying factors influencing: the effective adaptation of migrants, their level of crime and the efficiency of crime prevention in the field of migration.Objectives: conduct a criminological analysis of the processes of social adaptation of migrants and assess the level of their integration into Russian society; determine the attitude of the Russian population towards migrants, using the example of the Kursk region and the level of migrant phobia, as well as crime in the field of migration.Methodology. When writing a scientific article, universal methods of cognition of social processes (dialectical, system-structural, generalizations, etc.) and specific methods (analysis, synthesis, statistical method, methods of participant observation, survey and computer generalization using the IBM SPSS Statistics platform) were used.The results of the study made it possible to identify previously unaccounted for risk factors, as well as to determine factors of adaptation of migrants in Russia that influence integration processes that generate negative attitudes of the population towards migrants, including in connection with the commission of crimes.Conclusion. Modern Russian society is faced with an unwillingness to fully perceive migration as equal social actors. This phenomenon signals a possible increase in the near future of migrant phobia and the involvement of migrants in committing acts of a socially dangerous nature.
