Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2020, Netherlands's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 12.5% compared to 2019, reaching 204,740.

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 38.9% (from 335,120 in 2015).

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