NL · 2021 · crim_off_cat

Police-recorded offences by offence category

Netherlands, 2021

Police-recorded offences by offence category
183,940
Netherlands, 2021
▼ 10.2% vs 2020 (204,740)
Analysis

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.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#5 of 27
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
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