Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2019, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 7.2% compared to 2018, reaching 66,045.

Belgium ranks 6th 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 31.5% (from 96,419 in 2014).

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