NL · 2017 · crim_off_cat

Police-recorded offences by offence category

Netherlands, 2017

Police-recorded offences by offence category
259,095
Netherlands, 2017
▼ 14.8% vs 2016 (304,055)
Analysis

In 2017, Netherlands's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 14.8% compared to 2016, reaching 259,095.

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 34.0% (from 392,775 in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#5 of 27
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