Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2023, Germany's police-recorded offences by offence category increased by 12.3% compared to 2022, reaching 1,172,337.

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 grown by 8.3% (from 1,082,478 in 2018).

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