Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2018, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 5.3% compared to 2017, reaching 71,176.

Belgium ranks 5th 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 28.8% (from 99,934 in 2013).

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