Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime committed 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 103 5.7
Age: younger than 20 years 10 2.7
Age: 20 to 29 years 18 7.6
Age: 30 to 39 years 17 7.1
Age: 40 to 49 years 19 8.8
Age: 50 to 59 years 13 5.3
Age: 60 years or older 26 5.2
Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 8
Method: Beating or kicking 18
Method: Firearm 26
Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 46
Method: other or unknown 5
Location: house of the victim or others 55
Location: for trade and services 7
Location: public road 29
Location: other or unknown location 12
Male Total 65 7.2
Age: younger than 20 years 6 3.1
Age: 20 to 29 years 15 12.4
Age: 30 to 39 years 8 6.6
Age: 40 to 49 years 15 14.0
Age: 50 to 59 years 9 7.4
Age: 60 years or older 12 5.0
Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 3
Method: Beating or kicking 11
Method: Firearm 21
Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 27
Method: other or unknown 3
Location: house of the victim or others 27
Location: for trade and services 7
Location: public road 22
Location: other or unknown location 9
Female Total 38 4.2
Age: younger than 20 years 4 2.2
Age: 20 to 29 years 3 2.6
Age: 30 to 39 years 9 7.6
Age: 40 to 49 years 4 3.7
Age: 50 to 59 years 4 3.3
Age: 60 years or older 14 5.3
Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 5
Method: Beating or kicking 7
Method: Firearm 5
Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 19
Method: other or unknown 2
Location: house of the victim or others 28
Location: for trade and services 0
Location: public road 7
Location: other or unknown location 3
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 2024 are final. The figures for 2025 are provisional.

Changes as of October 21th 2026:
The provisional figures for 2025 have been added.

When will new figures be published:
In the first quarter of 2027 the provisional figures for 2026 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.