Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2020, Portugal's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 10.7% compared to 2019, reaching 19,133.

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 34.9% (from 29,386 in 2015).

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