Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2019, Portugal's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 6.1% compared to 2018, reaching 21,432.

Portugal ranks 12th 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 38.1% (from 34,612 in 2014).

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