Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2018, Portugal's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 0.2% compared to 2017, reaching 22,832.

Portugal ranks 11th 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 40.5% (from 38,390 in 2013).

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