Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2020, Denmark's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 16.5% compared to 2019, reaching 142,042.

Denmark ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 37.1% (from 225,868 in 2015).

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