Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2014, Netherlands's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 6.8% compared to 2013, reaching 365,370.

Netherlands ranks 5th 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 48.1% (from 703,315 in 2009).

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