Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2020, Portugal's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 20.7% compared to 2019, reaching 65,159.

Portugal ranks 12th 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 33.8% (from 98,434 in 2015).

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