Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2021, Portugal's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 1.8% compared to 2020, reaching 63,954.

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 28.4% (from 89,305 in 2016).

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