Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2016, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 14.0% compared to 2015, reaching 78,953.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.1% (from 97,620 in 2011).

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