Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands

Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands

Sex Characteristics Periods Victims murder, manslaughter (number) Victims murder, manslaughter, relative (Per mln of the average population)
Total male and female Total 2022 143 8.1
Total male and female Age: younger than 20 years 2022 17 4.5
Total male and female Age: 20 to 29 years 2022 25 10.9
Total male and female Age: 30 to 39 years 2022 34 15.1
Total male and female Age: 40 to 49 years 2022 24 11.3
Total male and female Age: 50 to 59 years 2022 16 6.3
Total male and female Age: 60 years or older 2022 27 5.7
Total male and female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2022 14
Total male and female Method: Beating or kicking 2022 20
Total male and female Method: Firearm 2022 38
Total male and female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2022 60
Total male and female Method: other or unknown 2022 11
Total male and female Location: house of the victim or others 2022 74
Total male and female Location: for trade and services 2022 14
Total male and female Location: public road 2022 28
Total male and female Location: other or unknown location 2022 27
Male Total 2022 95 10.8
Male Age: younger than 20 years 2022 11 5.7
Male Age: 20 to 29 years 2022 21 18.0
Male Age: 30 to 39 years 2022 19 16.7
Male Age: 40 to 49 years 2022 18 17.0
Male Age: 50 to 59 years 2022 12 9.4
Male Age: 60 years or older 2022 14 6.2
Male Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2022 4
Male Method: Beating or kicking 2022 15
Male Method: Firearm 2022 32
Male Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2022 38
Male Method: other or unknown 2022 6
Male Location: house of the victim or others 2022 36
Male Location: for trade and services 2022 13
Male Location: public road 2022 26
Male Location: other or unknown location 2022 20
Female Total 2022 48 5.4
Female Age: younger than 20 years 2022 6 3.3
Female Age: 20 to 29 years 2022 4 3.5
Female Age: 30 to 39 years 2022 15 13.5
Female Age: 40 to 49 years 2022 6 5.6
Female Age: 50 to 59 years 2022 4 3.1
Female Age: 60 years or older 2022 13 5.2
Female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2022 10
Female Method: Beating or kicking 2022 5
Female Method: Firearm 2022 6
Female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2022 22
Female Method: other or unknown 2022 5
Female Location: house of the victim or others 2022 38
Female Location: for trade and services 2022 1
Female Location: public road 2022 2
Female Location: other or unknown location 2022 7
Source: CBS.
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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 2022 are final.

Changes as of January 25th 2024:
The final figures for 2022 have been added.

When will new figures be published:
In the third quarter of 2024 the provisional figures for 2023 will be published.

Description topics

Victims murder, manslaughter
Murder: taking somebody's life, intentionally and premeditated.
Manslaughter: taking somebody's life, intentionally not premeditated.
This table does not distinguish between murder and manslaughter.
Victims murder, manslaughter, relative
Per 1 000 000 of the average population in the according populationgroup of that year.