Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2019, Germany's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 7.3% compared to 2018, reaching 586.

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 9.1% (from 645 in 2014).

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