Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2021, Germany's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 10.3% compared to 2020, reaching 835,368.

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 35.3% (from 1,290,481 in 2016).

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