In France in 2023, it appears that more than 384,100 people were victims of violence against the person offenses in the country. This number was the highest registered since 2016.

Violent crimes in France rose to around 384,100 offences in 2023, according to police recorded crime statistics, a large increase of more than 30,000 when compared with the previous year, when there were 353,600 violent crime offences. These numbers also highlighted a constant increase in violent crime since 2016 when the police forces registered only 225,500 violent crimes against the person offences.

France crime rate per 100K population for 2021 was 1.14, a 5.98% increase from 2020.

• France crime rate per 100K population for 2020 was 1.07, a 8.22% decline from 2019.
• France crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was 1.17, a 7.99% increase from 2018.
• France crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was 1.08, a 2.18% decline from 2017.

Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

The homicide rate in France for 2021 was 1.14 homicides per 100,000 people. During the provided period the homicide rate was highest in 1993, when there were 2.66 homicides per 100,000 population.

In France, in February 2024, the most common type of offense reported to the police was theft without violence against people. Moreover, 2,419 armed robberies were committed during that time.

Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

Robbery rate of France dipped by 4.43% from 161.5 cases per 100,000 population in 2016 to 154.3 cases per 100,000 population in 2017. Since the 0.16% rise in 2013, robbery rate sank by 20.89% in 2017. "Robbery” means the theft of property from a person; overcoming resistance by force or threat of force. Where possible; the category “Robbery” should include muggings (bag-snatching) and theft with violence; but should exclude pick pocketing and extortion. (UN-CTS M3.5)

This chart shows the distribution of people involved in homicide cases in France in 2021, by nationality. It displays that 82 percent of individuals accused of homicide in France were French.

The Study’s Subject:

The German Statistical Office of the German Empire compiled a comparative representation of different countrie’s crime statistics. In this context the statistical office was faced with the problem of diverging methodologies and classifications of the countrie’s crime statistics data collections. After World War 1 the “International Statistic Institute (ISI)” and the “International Penal Law and Prison Commission” (IPPC) ) resumed their research activities in the fields of criminal statistics in international comparison. In this context the Statistical Office of the German Empire carried out an investigation of 33 european and non-european countries with the aim to work out a comparative compilation of various criminalstatistical classifications. Is was established that at the time of preparation a comparison of different classifications a comparable international data compilation could not be gathered due to significant differences between the classifications. Finally from the 33 countries it could be compiled time series on criminal statisics only for a small selection of countries. The reason for this situation was the lack of data material for many countries. Therefore, the development of crime could be presented in form of time series for the following countries: - Austria - England and Wales - France - German Empire - Sweden - Canada - Japan

In terms of the crime statistical objective data on lawsuit processes (for example the number of criminal proceedings) has not been incorporated. Furthermore, no data on the military criminal justice are included in the data compilation. The following information, which was available in the statistics, has been taken from the statistics for the data compilation:

Information on the persons, who has been accused or convicted: Number of persons totally, by gender, teenagers or adults. Information on the offences the persons were accused for: accused or convicted by groups of offences or single selected offences. The sentences imposed as results of lawsuit processes are not included in this data compilation.

Data tables in HISTAT (Thema: Kriminaltiät):

A. Österreich (Austria)

A.1 Rechtskräftig Verurteilte nach Geschlecht (Legally convicted by sex) A.2 Rechtskräftig Verurteilte wegen Verbrechen nach ausgewählten Deliktarten (Legally convicted of crimes by selected types of offences) A.3 Rechtskräftig Verurteilte wegen Verbrechen und Übertretungen zusammen nach ausgewählten Deliktarten (Legally convicted of crimes and violations by selected types of offences) A.4 Verurteilte auf 100.000 Strafmündige nach ausgewählten Deliktarten (Kriminalitätsziffern) (Convicted per 100.000 of population of the age of criminal responsibility by selected offences (crime rate))

B. England und Wales (England and Wales) B.1 Angeklagte wegen schwerer Vergehen vor Schwurgerichten und Vierteljahressitzungen nach Deliktarten (Accuesed of heavy offences at the jury court (Assizes) and at the „Quarter Sessions“ by types of offences) B.2 Angeklagte wegen schwerer und leichter Vergehen vor allen Gerichten insgesamt und vor den Gerichten für summarische Rechtsprechung (Accused of heavy offences and of petty offences at all types of courts and at courts of summary jurisdiction) B.3 Angeklagte und Verurteilte nach Geschlecht

C. Frankreich (France)

C.1 Verhandlungen vor Schwurgerichten (Hearings at the jury courts) C.1.1 Angeklagte vor Schwurgerichte nach Geschlecht (Accused at jury courts by gender) C.1.2 Anzahl der Verurteilten durch Schwurgerichte (Number of convicted by the jury court) C.1.3 Erhobene Anklagen nach Deliktart vor Schwurgerichten (Prosecutions by types of offences at the jury court)

C.2 Verhandlungen vor Strafgerichten (Hearings at the tribunal court) C.2.1 Angeklagte vor und Verurteilte der Strafgerichte insgesamt (Accused and convicted of tribunal courts, totaly) C.2.2 Anklagen vor Strafgerichte nach Deliktarten (Prosecutions at the tribunal court by types of offences)

D. Deutsches Reich (German Empire)

D.1 Abgeurteilte Personen und verurteilte Personen nach Geschlecht, Jugendliche und Vorbestrafte (1882-1927) (Persons judged and convicted persons by sex) D.2 Verurteilte Personen nach Deliktgruppen (1882-1927) (Convicted Persons by types of offences) D.3 Kriminalitätsziffern der verurteilten Personen - auf 100.000 der strafm. Bevölkerung (1882-1927) (Crime rate of convicted Persons – per 100.000 of population of the age of criminal responsibility) D.4 Kriminalitätsziffern der verurteilten Personen nach Deliktgruppe - auf 100.000 der strafm. Bevölkerung (1882-1927) (Crime Rate of convicted Persons by type of offence – per 100.000 of population of the age of criminal responsibility) D.5 Die Strafmündige Bevölkerung des...

This bar chart shows the number of people involved in homicide cases in France in 2021, broken down by gender. It appears that out of a total of 1,175 people charged with homicide that year, 163 were women, whereas 1,012 were men.

This graph presents the number of homicides recorded by security forces in France in 2021, distributed by region (per 10,000 inhabitants). The homicide ratio was the highest in French Guiana, with 0.1 homicides per 10,000 inhabitants. It was followed by the Guadeloupe region, which recorded 0.06 homicides per 10,000 inhabitants.

The monthly number of crimes and offenses recorded by the French police and gendarmerie fluctuated between January 2015 and August 2022, but increased overall. The month with the highest number of offenses recorded by police services was March 2022, with more than 352,000. In contrast, there were only 139,417 in April 2020, during the containment period set up by the French authorities to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

France FR: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data was reported at 1.043 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.171 Ratio for 2015. France FR: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data is updated yearly, averaging 1.107 Ratio from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2016, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.171 Ratio in 2015 and a record low of 1.043 Ratio in 2016. France FR: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, female are estimates of unlawful female homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; ;

In France, in 2023, there were 1,010 homicides recorded by the security forces. The number of homicides recorded was the lowest in 2020. But it has increased continuously in the following years, reaching its highest level in 2023.

In France, in February 2024, more than 22,100 crimes and offenses related to drug use were reported to the police, on the other hand, there were 4,222 crimes related to drug trafficking which were also reported that same month. In recent months, these figures concerning drug crime in France kept increasing.

All crime data for Vital Signs indicators are provided by the Baltimore City Police Department. BNIA-JFI normalizes this data by population to establish crime rates. Normalizing data allows for the rates to reflect the concentration of the crime relative to the population in the area and allows for comparison between areas of different populations.

In June 2024, the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights published its annual report on the state of racism in France. It appeared that racist acts highly increased in the last year, going from 1,636 acts in 2022 to 3,139 in 2023. Therefore, in the context of the legislative elections in June 2024, and the rise of far-right parties, the Commission stepped out and called on the French not to vote for the National Rally in the upcoming elections.

In France in 2022, the legal recidivism and reoffending rate among those convicted of crimes was 9.1 percent, a decrease compared to the previous year. Between 2011 and 2022, the recidivism rate of criminals fluctuated between 5.7 and 11.5 percent.

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 95 percent in France, compared to the European median of 99 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 monthly number of crimes and offenses related to drug use varied greatly between January 2015 and August 2022. There is a certain periodicity to drug enforcement. March is the month when law enforcement records the most cases in a year. The lowest number was recorded in April 2020, during the containment of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. At the beginning of 2021, President Emmanuel Macron and his Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin launched a vast repressive plan against the use and sale of illegal drugs in France. In March 2022, the number of crimes was the highest recorded in France since 2015.