In Europe in 2019, England and Wales had the highest reported rate of serious assaults per 100,000 inhabitants, with almost 930 reported incidents. Belgium had the second highest rate with close to 560. Romania had the lowest rate of reported serious assaults, with only 1.46 per 100,000 inhabitant, followed by Lithuania and Albania. Despite this low rate of assault, Lithuania, Albania and Romania had some of the highest homicide rates in Europe, suggesting that there is a discrepancy in how often assaults are reported in these countries, or the methodology behind data collection.

In Europe, the Baltic countries of Latvia and Lithuania had the highest and third highest homicide rates respectively in 2022. Latvia had the highest rate at over four per 100,000 inhabitants. Meanwhile, the lowest homicide rate was found in Liechtenstein, with zero murders The most dangerous country worldwide Saint Kitts and Nevis is the world's most dangerous country to live in in terms of murder rate. The Caribbean country had a homicide rate of 65 per 100,000 inhabitants. Nine of the 10 countries with the highest murder rates worldwide are located in Latin America and the Caribbean. Whereas Celaya in Mexico was listed as the city with the highest murder rate worldwide, Colima in Mexico was the city with the highest homicide rate in Latin America, so the numbers vary from source to source. Nevertheless, several Mexican cities rank among the deadliest in the world when it comes to intentional homicides. Violent conflicts worldwide Notably, these figures do not include deaths that resulted from war or a violent conflict. While there is a persistent number of conflicts worldwide, resulting casualties are not considered murders. Partially due to this reason, homicide rates in Latin America are higher than those in countries such as Ukraine or the DR Congo. A different definition of murder in these circumstances could change the rate significantly.

The average for 2017 based on 24 countries was 1.4 homicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Lithuania: 4.5 homicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Luxembourg: 0.3 homicides per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Europol collects information from EU Member States and publishes regular reports on how criminals are adapting their crimes to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic. The dataset references regular reports collected from EU Member States on how criminals are adapting their crimes to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic.

Victims of frequently occurring crime. Violent crime, thelft, vandalism, hit - and-run accidents, harassment by phone 1992 - 2004 Changed on March 07 2005. Frequency: Discontinued.

The Balkan countries Montenegro and Albania have the highest murder rates with cases involving firearms in Europe. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Sweden came third. The Scandinavian country has seen increasing levels of gang-related violence in recent years.

This table contains figures on the number of registered crimes per year. These are broken down by type of crime and by district and neighbourhood. Attempts are also included in the recorded crimes. For some crimes (e.g. murder/homicide), this results in a much higher number than the number of completed crimes. The data per neighborhood are presented for all years according to the neighborhood classification of 2023. This geographical refinement follows from the agreements made at the start of the publication of police figures in 2018.

The publication of sexual offences (including child pornography and child prostitution) is limited to annual totals per municipality, as agreed, in connection with the risk of disclosure.

Since July 2018, it is no longer possible to record multiple offences, which are related to each other (concurrence), in one registration. An example of this is a street robbery in which a firearm (gun possession) is used. If several offences occur in one registration, only the most serious offence was counted before July 2018. As a result of this adjustment, a number of offences show an increase compared to 2018. This mainly concerns trespassing (10%), special laws (9%) including money laundering, arms trafficking (16%) including possession of weapons, drug trafficking (5%), violation of public order (8%) and other social integrity (9%) including insults. The increase was therefore mainly visible in the last 6 months of 2018. This adjustment has only a limited impact on the total number of crimes. For 2018, this causes an increase of around 0.5%.

The number of registered crimes fireworks 2023 is not final. In the first half of 2024, many incidents with retroactive effect will still be classified as crimes in this offence and included in the census.

Data available from: 2012

Status of figures: The figures in this table are regularly updated. This may result in minor differences with previous publications. Updating the figures is necessary, for example, in order to be able to retroactively process the reclassification of municipalities or the adjustment of coding.

Changes as of 15 April 2024: Figures for 2023 have been updated.

When will there be new figures? January 2025 the figures for 2024 are added.

European Union - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area was 12.30% in December of 2019, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area - last updated from the EUROSTAT on August of 2025. Historically, European Union - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area reached a record high of 14.50% in December of 2013 and a record low of 12.00% in December of 2017.

Crime victims by background characteristics: sex, age, highest level of education, number of addresses per km2 of the place of residence 1997 - 2004 Changed on November 07 2005. Frequency: Discontinued.

According to a survey on police stop rates in Europe in 2019, approximately * in * Muslims surveyed advised that the police had stopped them in the last 12 months. By comparison, ** percent of respondents with no religion said that they had been stopped by the police, whereas only ** percent of Christians said they had stopped them.

If you have fallen victim to a crime, this can be a traumatic and confusing time, particularly if you are abroad. But as a victim you can benefit from a number of rights, and assistance is also available from national authorities and organisations to advise you and help you through this difficult period. It can be hard to know what to do and who to turn to. These factsheets therefore provide you with a range of information on what you can expect in every country in the European Union.

European Union - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Above 60% of median equivalised income was 11.80% in December of 2019, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Above 60% of median equivalised income - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, European Union - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Above 60% of median equivalised income reached a record high of 14.00% in December of 2013 and a record low of 11.40% in December of 2017.

The dataset contains data on 25 EU countries over the period 2000-2013. The aim is to examine the relationship between crime rates and fiscal policy accounting for the effect of shadow economy. All data in this study were derived from public domain resources.

The Europe Crime Risk Report Market would witness market growth of 19.8% CAGR during the forecast period (2024-2031). The Germany market dominated the Europe Crime Risk Report Market by Country in 2023, and would continue to be a dominant market till 2031; thereby, achieving a market value of $1,99

Information on cases of economic crime (total number, attempted — breakdown by offence — distribution of crime — proportions of male, female, non-German suspects)

In French criminal courts, the clearance rate was higher than the European median for the Supreme Court, but lower for the first instance and the second instance in 2022. For instance, the clearance rate in criminal courts of the second instance was ** percent in France, compared to the European median of ** percent. In addition, a clearance rate exceeding 100 percent means that the court is able to resolve more cases than it has been seized with, and thus the backlog of cases is decreasing.

The average for 2016 based on 34 countries was 1070 thefts per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Denmark: 3949 thefts per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Cyprus: 62 thefts per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2016. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

This dataset is about books. It has 6 rows and is filtered where the book subjects is Organized crime-Europe. It features 9 columns including author, publication date, language, and book publisher.

Historical dataset showing European Union crime rate per 100K population by year from 2012 to 2015.

This table focuses on the victimization of common crime of the population of the Caribbean Netherlands aged 15 and older in private households. These are traditional crimes such as violence, property crimes and vandalism. Breakdowns by sex, age and level of education are presented. These aspects are shown for the Caribbean Netherlands and also for the islands Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba separately. The research is a sample survey. This means that the figures shown are estimates for which reliability margins apply. These margins are also included in the table. The Omnibus survey was carried out for the first time on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius in 2013 during the month of June and the first week of July. For the second time the Omnibus survey was carried out on Bonaire during the months of October and November 2017, and on Saba and St. Eustatius in the period January to March 2018. Data available from: 2013 Status of the figures: The figures in this table are final. Changes as of 4 April 2019 None, this is a new table. When will new figures be published? New data will be published every four years.