Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2023, Germany's police-recorded offences by offence category increased by 14.1% compared to 2022, reaching 297,432.

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 8.9% (from 326,409 in 2018).

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