Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2021, Germany's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 18.5% compared to 2020, reaching 243,174.

Germany ranks 2nd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 43.8% (from 432,730 in 2016).

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