Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2020, Germany's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 9.1% compared to 2019, reaching 931,793.

Germany ranks 2nd 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 30.9% (from 1,348,955 in 2015).

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