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.

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 2014 the figures cannot be split by both sex and age for the location and method variables, due to small numbers and the distribution this split could lead to disclosure of individual information. 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 to 2018 Status of the figures: All figures are final. Changes as of July 29th 2020: This table has been stopped and has been replaced by the table 'Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands' (see paragraph 3). When will new figures be published? Not applicable anymore.

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 2014 the figures cannot be split by both sex and age for the location and method variables, due to small numbers and the distribution this split could lead to disclosure of individual information. 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 to 2018

Status of the figures: All figures are final.

Changes as of July 29th 2020: This table has been stopped and has been replaced by the table 'Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands' (see paragraph 3).

When will new figures be published? Not applicable anymore.

This table contains the number of people who died as a result of murder or manslaughter that took place in the Netherlands. The victims can be both residents and non-residents. The data can be broken down by crime location, method of execution, age and gender. Criterion is the date of death, the commit date can be in the previous year. The ICD-10 codes associated with murder and manslaughter are X85-Y09. In the 2013 statistical year, Statistics Netherlands switched to using international software for automatic coding of causes of death (Iris). This makes the figures more reproducible and internationally comparable. There are, however, some significant shifts in the causes of death. However, external causes of death have been processed manually as before. Data available from: 1996 Status of the figures: The figures up to and including 2021 are final. Changes as of 10 January 2023 The final figures for 2021 have been added. Changes as of March 16, 2022: The relative figures for the years 2003, 2009, 2016 and 2020 were incorrect due to an incorrect calculation. These have been corrected. When will new numbers come out? Provisional figures for 2022 will be published in the third quarter of 2023.

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. The data can be split by location of the crime, method, age and sex. The date of death is the criterion, the date of the act can be in the previous year. The ICD10 codes that belong to murder and manslaughter are X85-Y09.

Data available from: 1996

Status of the figures: The figures up to and including 2016 are final and the figures for 2017 are provisional.

Changes as of September 6th 2018: Provisional figures for 2017 have been added.

Since 2013 Statistics Netherlands is using IRIS for automatic coding for cause of death. This improved the international comparison of the data. The change in coding did cause a considerable shift in the statistic. Since 2013 the (yearly) ICD-10 updates are applied. For murder and manslaughter no changes in coding have taken place however.

When will new figures be published: In the fourth quarter of 2018 provisional figures for 2017 will be made final.

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. The data can be split by location of the crime, method, age and sex. The date of death is the criterion, the date of the act can be in the previous year. The ICD10 codes that belong to murder and manslaughter are X85-Y09. Data available from: 1996 Status of the figures: The figures up to and including 2016 are final. Changes as of December 28th 2017: Provisional figures for 2016 have been made final. Since 2013 Statistics Netherlands is using IRIS for automatic coding for cause of death. This improved the international comparison of the data. The change in coding did cause a considerable shift in the statistic. Since 2013 the (yearly) ICD-10 updates are applied. For murder and manslaughter no changes in coding have taken place however. When will new figures be published: In the third quarter of 2018 provisional figures for 2017 will be published.

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, the figures for 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of August 28th 2025: The provisional figures for 2024 are added.

When will new figures be published: In the first quarter of 2026 the final figures for 2024 will be published.