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France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area was 14.70% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area reached a record high of 22.30% in December of 2004 and a record low of 13.90% in December of 2017.

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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.

Context

This dataset is an aggregated count of all crimes committed in France, broken down by month and category.

Content

This data was aggregated by the French national government and published online on the French Open Data Portal. It is a combination of records kept by both local and national police forces. It's important to note that the name of the categories of crime are in French!

Acknowledgements

This data is a part of a larger group of Excel files published by the French Goverment on the French Open Data Portal. It has been converted to a single CSV file before uploading here.

Inspiration

This is a simple time series dataset that can be probed for trends in the underlying types of crimes committed. Is petty theft more or less popular today than it was ten years ago? How much variation is there in the amount of robberies year-to-year? Can you normalize the growth in the number of crimes against the growth in the number of people? How do crimes committed here differ from those committed in, say, Los Angeles?

France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income was 19.40% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, France - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Below 60% of median equivalised income reached a record high of 27.00% in December of 2020 and a record low of 18.60% in December of 2017.

Spain crime rate per 100K population for 2021 was 0.61, a 2.94% decline from 2020.

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<li>Spain crime rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>0.63</strong>, a <strong>10.41% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Spain crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>0.70</strong>, a <strong>13.71% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Spain crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>0.62</strong>, a <strong>6.28% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>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.

This chart shows the distribution of people involved in homicide cases in France in 2022, by nationality. It displays that ** percent of individuals accused of homicide in France were French.

In 2023, 88 percent of the victims of rape or attempted rape recorded by the French security forces were women. The proportion of men among the perpetrators of these crimes was 98 percent. Regarding sexual offenses, 85 percent of the victims were women, and 96 percent of the perpetrators were men. It should also be noted that the older the victims, the more women are represented among them.

In France, in January 2025, more than ****** crimes and offenses related to drug use were reported to the police; on the other hand, there were ***** crimes related to drug trafficking, which were also reported that same month.

These data constitute an update of the volumes of crime and delinquency found in France published by the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police, published until 2013 in the French Documentation, and available on its website Internet. They contain administrative information on the judicial activity of the gendarmerie and police services, including those of the DOM-COM, since 2012.

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.

The France access control market, valued at €300 million in 2025, is poised for robust growth, exhibiting a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.30% from 2025 to 2033. This expansion is fueled by several key drivers. Increasing security concerns across commercial, residential, and government sectors are prompting greater adoption of advanced access control systems. The rising popularity of smart buildings and the Internet of Things (IoT) integration within security infrastructure are further contributing to market growth. Furthermore, the increasing need for streamlined access management and improved efficiency in various sectors, particularly transport and logistics, is driving demand for sophisticated solutions. The market is segmented by type (card readers, biometric readers, electronic locks, software, etc.) and end-user vertical (commercial, residential, government, etc.), offering diverse opportunities for market players. Technological advancements, such as the integration of artificial intelligence and cloud-based solutions, are shaping the future trajectory of the market, while potential restraints could include high initial investment costs and the need for skilled professionals for installation and maintenance. The competitive landscape is characterized by both established multinational corporations and specialized access control providers. Key players like Suprema Inc., Thales Group, Bosch Security Systems, and Honeywell International Inc. are leveraging their technological expertise and extensive distribution networks to maintain a strong market position. However, smaller, innovative companies are emerging with specialized solutions and disruptive technologies, potentially impacting the market share of established players. Growth is expected across all segments, but particularly within the biometric readers and software segments due to their enhanced security features and adaptability to evolving technological advancements. The continued focus on cybersecurity and data protection regulations will be a significant factor shaping the market in the years to come. Recent developments include: March 2024: Le Bourget Sports Park, the Paris Olympic Games climbing event venue, underwent a comprehensive renovation. To ensure security during and post-Olympics, the city selects Pollux, a French company specializing in electronic locks. Pollux highlights its technology, emphasizing simplified access management with electronic locks and the Iwa mobile access control solution. This approach addresses key management challenges for municipalities, offering secure and convenient access for stakeholders while reducing the risk of lost keys., January 2024: Thales finalized the acquisition of Imperva. Thales aims to fortify organizations' data protection and access management capabilities in the European and French markets. The acquisition marks the company's ninth investment in digital security within the past nine years. Imperva's incorporation strengthens Thales to advance cybersecurity solutions on a global scale.. Key drivers for this market are: Growing Adoption of Access Control Systems Owing to Rising Crime Rates and Threats, Technological Advancements. Potential restraints include: Growing Adoption of Access Control Systems Owing to Rising Crime Rates and Threats, Technological Advancements. Notable trends are: The Commercial Segment Holds one of the Highest Market Share.

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 2023, there were more than 86,700 people in prisons in France. Among them, around 67,000 were French nationals, and almost 19,400 were foreigners.

In order to promote the openness of data on delinquency and insecurity, the Ministry of Internal Security Statistics Service (SSMSI, Department of the Ministry of the Interior) has made available two annual databases on the main indicators of crimes and crimes recorded by the national police and gendarmerie, since 2016 at the municipal level depending on the place of commission. These databases are intended to be enriched as other indicators are trusted (scams, destruction/voluntary degradation, infringements of drug legislation, etc.). Two elements must be taken into account when interpreting the level of indicators: * the time limit for registration, which may create a time lag between the time the infringements occurred and the time when they are accounted for; * the complaint filing rate has an impact on the level of crime recorded. Environment and Safety Investigations are used to assess complaint rates. For example, according to these surveys on average over the period 2011-2018, only 12 % of victims of sexual violence outside the household file complaints, compared with 74 % for victims of burglaries. In addition, it should be noted that municipal data are not reported for the low values of recorded delinquency, both for reasons of interpretability of these data and respect for statistical confidentiality. Thus, when fewer than 6 crimes or offences are committed in a commune (number assessed by class of facts), they are published only if the situation persists for 3 years. The same applies to the absence of recorded facts (noted 0), which is disseminated only when the situation recurs over three successive years. Given the non-distribution of these highly volatile and sometimes geographically imprecise data, the share of delinquency events disseminated at the municipal level varies, depending on the indicator, between 59 % (for theft with arms) and 94 % (for theft without violence against persons) in 2021. 11 indicators are published, corresponding to the agglomeration of items in the standardised nomenclature called “state 4001”, used since 1971 to measure the judicial activity of services through monthly counts: 1) Voluntary Coups and Injuries on Persons 15 years of age or older, which include 2) Intra-Family Voluntary Injuries and Injuries on Persons 15 years of age or older and (3) Voluntary Injuries and Voluntary Injuries on Persons 15 years of age or older, 4) Sexual Violence, 5) Thefts with Arms, 6) Violent Unarmed Flights, 7) Theft without Violence Against Persons, 8) Housing Cambriolages, 9) Thefts of Vehicles (Automotive or Two Motor Wheels), 10) Flights in Vehicles, 11) Accessories Flights on Vehicles. Metadata Link to metadata Additional resources * Website Data.gouv.fr: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/bases-communale-et-departementale-des-principaux-indicateurs-des-crimes-et-delits-enregistres-par-la-police-et-la-gendarmerie-nationales/ The open platform of French public data offers for download the database of the main indicators of crimes and crimes recorded by the national police and gendarmerie, at the municipal and departmental level for the whole of France. * Website of the Ministry of the Interior: https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Interstats/Publications/Interstats-Analyse/Geographie-de-la-delinquance-a-l-echelle-communale-Interstats-Analyse-N-44 The official website of the Ministry of the Interior offers for download the n°44 of Interstats Analyse, its publication dedicated to in-depth studies on topics related to insecurity and delinquency. This issue is devoted to the geography of delinquency at the communal scale. * Statistics-locales.insee: https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-87880,6478122,406214,245401&c=indicator&i=ssmsi_nb_taux.tpm_cbv&s=2021&view=map1 The website of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), dedicated to the visualisation of the indicators of the territory, allows to consult the 11 indicators per municipality throughout France (rate per thousand and number of facts)