Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2020, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 30.9% compared to 2019, reaching 157,190.

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 fallen by 36.3% (from 246,853 in 2015).

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