Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2016, Netherlands's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 9.3% compared to 2015, reaching 304,055.

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 22.6% (from 392,910 in 2011).

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