Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2017, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category increased by 13.1% compared to 2016, reaching 198.

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 3.9% (from 206 in 2012).

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