Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2022, Germany's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 15.9% compared to 2021, reaching 16,566.

Germany ranks 3rd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.9% (from 12,954 in 2017).

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