Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2020, Belgium's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 27.8% compared to 2019, reaching 47,655.

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 48.1% (from 91,761 in 2015).

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