Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2016, Denmark's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 5.1% compared to 2015, reaching 60,136.

Denmark ranks 9th 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 34.4% (from 91,732 in 2011).

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