Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2014, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 7.0% compared to 2013, reaching 208,443.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 16.5% (from 249,627 in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset crim_off_cat, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.