In 2018, the Police in Iceland recorded the highest number of alcohol-related offenses between 2011 and 2021, when 828 offenses were reported. In 2020, however, the number dropped to 308 as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. By far, the alcohol-related crime reported most often was public consumption. The prohibition of alcohol in Iceland was lifted in 1989, and the current legal drinking age in Iceland is 20 years.

From 2010 to 2014, the number of reported drug offenses in Iceland increased annually, reaching 2,375. However, since then, the number of drug offenses has remained relatively stable, reaching around 2,200 from 2017 to 2019. In 2021, the number of recorded drug offenses fell below 1,700.

The homicide rate in Iceland varied between 2010 and 2022, from roughly 0.3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2019, to 1.37 in 2020. In real figures, the total number of homicides reached five in 2020, an unusually high number for Iceland; since 1994 there were six years where no intentional homicides were committed in Iceland, although the last of these was in 2008. Iceland generally has one of the lowest homicide rates in Europe. The most dangerous countries in Europe and worldwide In Europe, Latvia had the highest murder rate in 2021 with 5.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. Malta had the lowest with 0.39. Worldwide, Saint Kitts and Nevis is the world's most dangerous country to live in in terms of murder rate. The Caribbean island 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. Celaya in Mexico was the city with the highest homicide rate worldwide. Victims of homicides In most of the European countries, a higher share of the victims of homicides are men. France was the country with the highest number of homicides on the continent, whereas Malta and Iceland had the lowest. France both had the highest number of female and male victims.

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.

Most of the crimes committed in Iceland in 2022 were traffic offenses. Nearly 60,000 traffic violations were committed that year. Thefts was the second highest type of committed violations in 2022. On the bottom of the scale were violations of the Alcohol Act, followed by fraud and forgery. In Iceland, the number of committed crimes was around 75,000 in 2022.

Iceland had a relatively low number of murders each year from 2010 to 2022. There were never more than three murders yearly between 2010 and 2019. However, in 2020, five people fell victims to murders on the island, an unusually high number in the country. In 2022, there were four homicide victims in Iceland.

The number of reported crimes in Iceland dropped from 2018 to 2020, falling by around 20,000. This must be seen in relation with the COVID-19 pandemic. The highest number of crimes were reported in 2018, when over 96,000 crimes were reported in the Nordic country.

Iceland IS: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data was reported at 0.603 Ratio in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.000 Ratio for 2015. Iceland IS: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 Ratio from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2016, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.223 Ratio in 2014 and a record low of 0.000 Ratio in 2015. Iceland IS: 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 Iceland – Table IS.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 Iceland, almost 80 percent of the crime suspects in 2021 were men. Roughly 20 percent of the suspects were women. In total, there were 5,874 crime suspects in Iceland in 2021. Iceland had one of the lowest homicide rates in Europe that year.

A majority of the reported crimes in Iceland in 2021 were committed in the Metropolitan area. Almost 55 percent of the crimes in Iceland that year took place in and around the capital. West Iceland had the second largest share of the crimes, followed by the Southern Region. Except for crimes prosecuted by a special prosecutor, the Westman Islands had the lowest share of the crimes in Iceland, with less than one percent. The number of reported crimes generally correlates with the population in each region.

The number of adult suspects in Iceland grew from 2011 to 2019, before dropping in 2020. In 2021, there were 5,874 crime suspects in Iceland, of which 5,500 were adults. At the same time, the number of juvenile suspects more than doubled from 150 in 2011 to over 360 in 2021.

The highest number of drug-related offenses reported by the police in Iceland was possession and/or usage of drugs, amounting to more than 1,100 delicts. The second most common drug offense was importing narcotics.

The number of violent crimes in Iceland increased over the past 10 years, from 1,100 reported cases in 2012 to 2,100 cases in 2022. However, the total number of committed crimes decreased somewhat in recent years.

The rate of reported serious violent assaults in Iceland fluctuated between 2010 and 2022, with a low of 18 assaults per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010. However, the serious assault rate reached a new peak in 2022 at 38.8.

36.2 (cases per 100,000 population) in 2018. 「暴行」は、重傷につながる、他人の身体に対する物理的な攻撃を意味します。ただし、性的/強制わいせつ、脅迫、平手打ち/パンチは除きます。死に至る「暴行」も除外するべきです(UN-CTS M3.2)。

The rate of reported sexual violence crimes in Iceland was at almost 230 in 2013, but sank by almost 100 by the following year. The rate gradually increased until 2019, before dropping to 142.8 in 2020. In 2021, it reached 177 per 100,000 inhabitants.

In 2023, the number of domestic abuse cases in Iceland outweighed those of previous years. The number of domestic violence cases increased from 2020 with over a hundred ones. Reported conflicts also increased exponentially between 2021 and 2022.

In 2023, the number of sexual crimes had decreased from the previous year by more than a hundred cases. 2013 had the largest number of violations, with 724 such reported crimes.

In Iceland, the number of thefts generally decreased from 2010 to 2018, before increasing slightly since. In 2010, there were almost 5,000 thefts registered in the country, but it dropped to around 4,000 in 2011; from this point onwards the number fluctuated between roughly 3,200 and 4,200 recorded thefts per year.

In Iceland, more than two thirds of the crime suspects in 2021 had an Icelandic citizenship. 30 percent were foreign citizens. In total, there were 5,874 crime suspects in Iceland that year. A large majority of the suspects were men.