Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2019, Portugal's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 6.2% compared to 2018, reaching 82,120.

Portugal ranks 13th 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 9.8% (from 91,041 in 2014).

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