DK · 2020 · crim_off_cat

Police-recorded offences by offence category

Denmark, 2020

Police-recorded offences by offence category
38,493
Denmark, 2020
▼ 20.2% vs 2019 (48,257)
Analysis

In 2020, Denmark's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 20.2% compared to 2019, reaching 38,493.

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 39.2% (from 63,343 in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#9 of 24
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