Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2021, Denmark's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 12.3% compared to 2020, reaching 124,628.

Denmark ranks 9th 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 44.7% (from 225,511 in 2016).

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