Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2021, Netherlands's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 25.4% compared to 2020, reaching 37,200.

Netherlands ranks 8th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 56.0% (from 84,605 in 2016).

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