Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2021, Portugal's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 62.2% compared to 2020, reaching 632.

Portugal ranks 15th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 21.1% (from 801 in 2016).

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