The number of reported criminal offences per 100 inhabitants in all types of offences in Denmark saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 9550. However, 2023 marked the second consecutive increase of the number in this industry. Find more statistics on all types of offences in Denmark with key insights such as Number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.

Between 2018 and 2023, the number of reported cases of violent crime per 100,000 inhabitants in Denmark usually remained between 550 and 600, except in 2022, when it reached 633. In 2023, short of 30,000 violent crimes were reported in Denmark.

Context

This Dataset contains complete information of all types of crimes(90) committed in Denmark's 5 regions from the year 2007 to 2019.

Content

The types of Offences are:

1.) Nature of the offence, total 2.) Penal Code, total 3.) Penal code, unspecified 4.) Sexual offenses, total 5.) Incest, etc. 6.) Rape, etc. 7.) Heterosexual offence against a child under 12 (Repealed in 2013) 8.) Sexual offence against a child under 12 (New from 2013) 9.) Any other kind of heterosexual offence (Repealed in 2013) 10.) Sexual offence against a child under 15 (New from 2013) 11.) Any other kind of sexual offence (New from 2013) 12.) Homosexual offence against a child under 12 (Repealed in 2013) 13.) Any other kind of homosexual offence (Repealed in 2013) 14.) Offence against public decency by groping 15.) Offence against public decency by indecent exposure 16.) Any other kind of offence against public decency 17.) Prostitution, etc. 18.) Crimes of violence, total 19.) Violence against public authority 20.) Unlawful assembly/disturbance of public order 21.) Homicide 22.) Attempted homicide 23.) Coercive control 24.) Common assault 25.) Assault causing actual bodily harm 26.) Particularly aggravated assault 27.) Unprovoked assault 28.) Any other kind of intentional trespass to the person 29.) Intentional bodily harm 30.) Causing death or bodily harm by negligence 31.) Offences against life and limb 32.) Offences against personal liberty 33.) Threats 34.) Offences against property, total 35.) Forgery 36.) Cheque forgery 37.) Arson 38.) Burglary - business and community 39.) Residential burglaries 40.) Burglary (uninhabited buildings) 41.) Theft from conveyances 42.) Shoplifting, etc. 43.) Other kinds of theft 44.) Theft of/taking vehicle without the owners consent (TWOC) 45.) Theft of/taking moped without the owners consent (TWOC) 46.) Theft of/taking bicycle without the owners consent (TWOC) 47.) Theft of/taking other objects without the owners consent (TWOC) 48.) Theft by finding 49.) Embezzlement 50.) Fraud 51.) Fraud by cheque 52.) Fraud by abuse of position 53.) Blackmail and usury 54.) Fraud against creditors 55.) Handling stolen goods 56.) Robbery 57.) Aggravated tax evasion etc. 58.) Malicious damage to property 59.) Receiving stolen goods by negligence 60.) Offence against and infringement of property 61.) Other offences, total 62.) Offences against public authority, etc. 63.) Offences by public servants 64.) Perjury 65.) Any other kind of false statement 66.) Offences concerning money and evidence 67.) Trafficking of drugs, etc. 68.) Smuggling etc. of drugs 69.) General public offences etc. 70.) Illegal trade, etc. 71.) Family relation offences 72.) Involuntary manslaughter etc. in connection with traffic accident 73.) Non-molestation order (Repealed in 2012) 74.) Invasion of privacy and defamation 75.) Special acts, total 76.) Euphoriants Act 77.) The Offensive Weapons Act 78.) Tax legislation and fiscal acts, etc. 79.) Other special acts in criminal law 80.) Health and social security legislation 81.) Building and housing legislation 82.) The environmental protection act 83.) Legislation on animals, hunting, etc. 84.) Legislation on employment, transport, etc. 85.) The Companies Act 86.) Legislation on the national defence 87.) Legislation applying to public utilities 88.) Legislation on gambling, licencing, trade 89.) Any other special legislation 90.) Special legislation, unspecified

Inspiration

Many things can be analyzed through this dataset: 1. Spatial and Temporal occurance of crime in Denmark 2. Reason of Low Crime rate in Denmark(also in Scandinavian Countries) 3. Major hotspots of crime in Denmark

Acknowledgements

Statistics-Denmark (Statbank) has published this data under Open Data Policy

Denmark - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income was 9.70% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Denmark - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income - last updated from the EUROSTAT on April of 2025. Historically, Denmark - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income reached a record high of 18.90% in December of 2009 and a record low of 8.60% in December of 2003.

Denmark: Violent crimes per 100,000 people: The latest value from is crimes per 100,000 people, unavailable from crimes per 100,000 people in . In comparison, the world average is 0.00 crimes per 100,000 people, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Denmark from to is crimes per 100,000 people. The minimum value, crimes per 100,000 people, was reached in while the maximum of crimes per 100,000 people was recorded in .

The number of reported criminal offences of crimes of violence in Denmark declined to 29,449 in 2023. Nevertheless, the last two years in this industry recorded a significant higher number than the preceding years.Find more statistics on crimes of violence in Denmark with key insights such as Number of reported criminal offences and Sex crimes.

By far, the highest number of crimes reported in Denmark from 2012 to 2022 were property crimes, such as theft and burglary. In 2022, over 276,000 property crimes were reported in the Nordic country, which was less than reported in 2012. Meanwhile, both the number of reported sexual crimes and violent crimes increased over the past 10 years, reaching respectively 9,700 and 31,000 in 2022. The increase in the number of reported sexual offences is partly down to an amendment of the criminal code in 2013, meaning that more cases fell under the category of sexual offences.

This repository contains data and R script files for the analysis reported in Larsen, Martin Vinæs and Olsen, Asmus Leth: Reducing Bias in Citizens’ Perception of Crime Rates: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Burglary Prevalence. The authors would like to thank TrygFonden for funding with the project "Raising Awareness without Raising Fears'' (ID=119942).

In 2022, the highest number of reported criminal offences was registered in Denmark's largest cities. The highest number was reported in the Capital Copenhagen, with nearly 87,000 cases. By comparison, Aarhus, the city with the second highest number of reported crimes, only had 32,000, followed by Odense at 17,000. Meanwhile, the municipality of around 40,000 reported crimes in 2022 was unknown. The number of reported criminal offences in Denmark generally correlates with the size of the cities.

Denmark DK: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data was reported at 0.801 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.804 Ratio for 2015. Denmark DK: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data is updated yearly, averaging 0.599 Ratio from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.088 Ratio in 2014 and a record low of 0.352 Ratio in 2006. Denmark DK: 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 Denmark – Table DK.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.; ;

Denmark DK: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data was reported at 0.981 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.984 Ratio for 2015. Denmark DK: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 0.977 Ratio from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.667 Ratio in 1997 and a record low of 0.533 Ratio in 2006. Denmark DK: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. 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.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; Weighted average;

Between May 2023 and April 2024, the highest monthly number of reports about personal data security reports in Denmark was registered in June 2023. In that month, the Danish data protection authority received 1,028 reports. In the most recently measured month, the number of reports was 777.

In the third quarter of 2024, over 597,000 personal data points of internet users were exposed to data breaches in Denmark, marking a considerable increase compared to the quarter prior. In the measured period, the highest number of exposed data records, more than one million, was registered in the first quarter of 2021.

The murder rate in Denmark was around one every year between 2018 and 2023. It was at its highest in 2014, when it reached 1.3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. 55 homicides were reported in Denmark in 2022.

Between May 2023 and April 2024, more than 81 percent of the reports about personal data security breaches were about unintentional incidents. Malicious activities and access abuse ranked second, with around four percent of the reported incidents, followed by eavesdropping or interception.

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.

The number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in Denmark remained stable at one since 2018. In 2022, 55 homicides were reported in the country.

The average for 2017 based on 65 countries was 1.8 kidnappings per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Belgium: 10.3 kidnappings per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 kidnappings per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2023, 9,537 cases of personal data security breaches were reported to the data protection authority in Denmark. This figure represents an 8.2 percent increase from the previous year. In 2019, the authority received 7,242 such cases.

Racially motivated hate crimes based on skin color were the most common type of hate crime reported in Denmark in 2022. This was followed by hate crimes based on nationality or ethnicity.