Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2024, Germany's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 2.0% compared to 2023, reaching 1,148,913.

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 12.1% (from 1,025,321 in 2019).

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