Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands

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Sex Characteristics Victims murder, manslaughter (number) Victims murder, manslaughter, relative (Per mln of the average population)
Total male and female Total 122 6.8
Age: younger than 20 years 10 2.7
Age: 20 to 29 years 22 9.3
Age: 30 to 39 years 27 11.4
Age: 40 to 49 years 18 8.4
Age: 50 to 59 years 21 8.4
Age: 60 years or older 24 4.9
Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 9
Method: Beating or kicking 14
Method: Firearm 23
Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 61
Method: other or unknown 15
Location: house of the victim or others 63
Location: for trade and services 5
Location: public road 37
Location: other or unknown location 17
Male Total 77 8.6
Age: younger than 20 years 6 3.1
Age: 20 to 29 years 17 14.2
Age: 30 to 39 years 16 13.4
Age: 40 to 49 years 11 10.4
Age: 50 to 59 years 14 11.3
Age: 60 years or older 13 5.6
Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 1
Method: Beating or kicking 11
Method: Firearm 20
Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 36
Method: other or unknown 9
Location: house of the victim or others 33
Location: for trade and services 1
Location: public road 32
Location: other or unknown location 11
Female Total 45 5.0
Age: younger than 20 years 4 2.2
Age: 20 to 29 years 5 4.3
Age: 30 to 39 years 11 9.5
Age: 40 to 49 years 7 6.6
Age: 50 to 59 years 7 5.6
Age: 60 years or older 11 4.3
Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 8
Method: Beating or kicking 3
Method: Firearm 3
Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 25
Method: other or unknown 6
Location: house of the victim or others 30
Location: for trade and services 4
Location: public road 5
Location: other or unknown location 6
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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 2024 are final.

Changes as of February 26th 2026:
The figures for 2024 are made final.

When will new figures be published:
In the third quarter of 2026 the provisional figures for 2025 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.