Netherlands crime rate per 100K population for 2021 was 0.65, a 6.13% increase from 2020.

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<li>Netherlands crime rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>0.61</strong>, a <strong>2.24% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Netherlands crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>0.63</strong>, a <strong>8.52% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Netherlands crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>0.58</strong>, a <strong>24.59% 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.

Between 2012 and 2022, the number of registered crime cases in the Netherlands decreased. In 2022, the police registered roughly 797,700 crime cases.

This table contains the number of persons died as a result of murder or manslaughter, where the crime scene is located in the Netherlands. The victims can be residents or non-residents of the Netherlands. The data can be split by location of the crime, method, age and sex. The criterion is the date of death, the date of the criminal act can be in the previous year. Since 2013 Statistics Netherlands is using Iris for automatic coding for causes of death. This improved the international comparison of the data. The change in coding did cause a considerable shift in the statistics. Since 2013 the (yearly) ICD-10 updates are applied. However for murder and manslaughter no changes in coding have taken place. The ICD-10 codes that belong to murder and manslaughter are X85-Y09. Data available from: 1996 Status of the figures: The figures up to and including 2023 are final. Changes as of January 23rd 2025: The figures for 2023 are made final. When will new figures be published: In the third quarter of 2025 the provisional figures for 2024 will be published.

Netherlands - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area was 16.70% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Netherlands - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Netherlands - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area reached a record high of 21.70% in December of 2009 and a record low of 14.80% in December of 2008.

Homicide rate of Netherlands slumped by 13.50% from 0.8 cases per 100,000 population in 2022 to 0.7 cases per 100,000 population in 2023. Since the 3.58% rise in 2021, homicide rate fell by 2.78% in 2023. “Intentional homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person

This statistic displays the total number of cases of drug-related crimes sent to Public Prosecution in the Netherlands in 2021, by type. In 2021, the Public Prosecution Department in the Netherlands received approximately 130 cases related to the production of hard drugs.

In 2021, over 850 racist and xenophobic hate crimes were recorded by the police in the Netherlands. A further 716 Anti-LGBTI hate crimes were recorded, as well as 160 Anti-Semitic hate crimes that were recorded by the Dutch police.

In 2022, 355 cases of public violence were reported in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. Of these , 315 were cases of public violence against other people. In comparison, 320 cases were registered in the previous year, 5 more than in the most recent period.

The Netherlands: Homicides per 100,000 people: The latest value from 2017 is 0.8 homicides per 100,000 people, an increase from 0.6 homicides per 100,000 people in 2016. In comparison, the world average is 7.4 homicides per 100,000 people, based on data from 97 countries. Historically, the average for the Netherlands from 1990 to 2017 is 1 homicides per 100,000 people. The minimum value, 0.6 homicides per 100,000 people, was reached in 2015 while the maximum of 1.4 homicides per 100,000 people was recorded in 1996.

Sint Maarten (Dutch part) crime rate per 100K population for was 0.00, a 0% increase from .

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<li>Sint Maarten (Dutch part) crime rate per 100K population for was <strong>0.00</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</li>
<li>Sint Maarten (Dutch part) crime rate per 100K population for was <strong>0.00</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</li>
<li>Sint Maarten (Dutch part) crime rate per 100K population for was <strong>0.00</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</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 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.

This statistic displays the number of murder and manslaughter victims in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2021. It shows that in 2021, 2,675 people became victim of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands, a decrease of 10 compared to last year.

Level of education, social benefits claimants and crime suspects by 4-digit postcode zone, 2011-2012 (Dutch only)

Between 2012 and 2022, the number of registered sex crime cases in the Netherlands stayed stable. In 2022, over nine thousand sex crimes were registered in the Netherlands.

Netherlands NL: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data was reported at 0.600 Ratio in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.700 Ratio for 2014. Netherlands NL: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 1.100 Ratio from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2015, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.939 Ratio in 1995 and a record low of 0.600 Ratio in 2015. Netherlands NL: 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 Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank: 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;

Netherlands NL: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data was reported at 0.758 Ratio in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.736 Ratio for 2015. Netherlands NL: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data is updated yearly, averaging 1.172 Ratio from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.709 Ratio in 2004 and a record low of 0.736 Ratio in 2015. Netherlands NL: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, male are estimates of unlawful male 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.; ;

ObjectiveTo examine determinants of the prevalence and frequency of criminal victimization (i.e. both personal and property crime victimization) in outpatients with severe mental illness.MethodsData was collected using a multisite epidemiological survey including a random sample of 956 adult outpatients with SMI. Data were collected between 2010 and 2012. Data on 12-month victimization prevalence and frequency were obtained using the victimization scale of the Dutch Crime and Victimization Survey. Demographic characteristics, clinical determinants, e.g., clinical diagnosis, psychosocial functioning, drug use and alcohol abuse over the past 12 months, co-morbid PTSD diagnosis, and victimological determinants e.g. physical abuse, physical neglect and sexual abuse in childhood, perpetration of violence over the past 12-months, and anger disposition were assessed as determinants. Univariable and multivariable hurdle regression analyses were conducted to test associations of the potential determinants with victimization prevalence and frequency.ResultsTwelve-month prevalence rates of personal and property crime were 19% and 28%, respectively. Clinical characteristics were more pronounced regarding personal crime victimization. In the multivariable model, presence of psychotic disorder, drug use, childhood physical and sexual abuse, and recent violent perpetration were associated with the 12-month prevalence or frequency rate of personal crime victimization. Native Dutch and divorced patients were more at risk as well. Next to this being employed, poor social functioning, having perpetrated a violent crime, as well as alcohol abuse and recent drug use were all significantly related to property crime prevalence or frequency rate in the multivariable model. In absolute terms, the effect sizes observed tended to be moderate to small. The multivariate models, however, explained the outcome variance moderately well (Nagelkerke’s pseudo R2 = 25.0 - 27.9%.ConclusionsClinicians should be aware of the high risk of victimization among their patients with severe mental illness. Particular attention should be devoted to people with substance use histories and perpetrators of violence, since they are also at an increased risk of being victims as well.

Crime in Amsterdam has fallen in recent years. But this does not apply to all forms of crime. Juvenile crime in Amsterdam, for example, increased after years of decline. There is also an increase in digitized crime. The datasets provide insight into, among other things, registered suspects, registered crimes, high-impact crimes and the proportion of Amsterdammers who have fallen victim to a crime. Our dashboard 'Safety in the picture' is also available for more figures on crime and victimization. See also the data portal of the police and StatLine, the database of Statistics Netherlands.

This table provides an overview of persons registered with Victim Support Netherlands and known in the social statistics files of Statistics Netherlands. The figures are broken down by age, gender, origin, type of client and type of crime. A person may turn to Victim Support Netherlands (SHN) for various offenses or accidents once or more during a reporting year. This person is then counted once in the table, at the first offence. The table also contains relative figures. This means that the number of people who have been in contact with Victim Support is shown per 100,000 inhabitants of the relevant population group. In addition to victims of crimes and accidents, witnesses, those involved, perpetrators or surviving relatives can also be clients of Victim Support Netherlands. Due to a change at Victim Support Netherlands in the allocation of client type, a trend break occurred between 2016 and 2017. In addition, there has been a phasing out of receiving the daily reports of traffic accidents that Victim Support Netherlands received. This mainly resulted in substantially fewer clients with the victim classification 'involved' in 2018. Data available from: 2009. Status of the figures: The figures up to and including 2020 are final. The figures for 2021 have a provisional status. Changes as of November 2022: The provisional figures for 2021 have been added. ​​CBS is switching to a new classification of the population by origin. From now on, where someone was born is more decisive than where someone's parents were born. The word migration background is no longer used. The main division western/non-western is replaced by a division based on continents and common immigration countries. This classification is gradually being introduced in tables and publications with population by origin. It can be decided that the origin classification will be dropped for a StatLine table. When will new numbers come out? The figures for the previous year will be published in November 2023.

In 2022, the incarceration rate in the Netherlands was 53.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 53.9 in 2021 indicating that the prison population decreased relative to the overall population. The incarceration rate saw a gradual decline between 2010 and 2016, going from its highest of 70.8 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010 to its lowest of 51.4 in 2016.