Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2021, Netherlands's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 10.2% compared to 2020, reaching 183,940.

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 39.5% (from 304,055 in 2016).

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