Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2019, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category increased by 2.4% compared to 2018, reaching 227,402.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.1% (from 208,443 in 2014).

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