Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2014, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 3.5% compared to 2013, reaching 96,419.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.7% (from 97,121 in 2009).

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