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Less traditional crime, more cybercrime
Increasingly few Dutch
Fewer women than men fall victim to violence
In 2017, 1.7% of women aged 15 years or older said they had been the victim of one or more violent crimes, against 2.5% of men. Intimidation is the most common crime among both sexes. Women report...
1.2 million cybercrime victims
In 2018, 8.5 percent of Dutch internet users aged 12 and over indicated they had fallen victim to computer-oriented crime in the previous twelve months.
Fewer young burglars
In 2021, over 2 thousand people were registered as house burglary suspects, 24 percent fewer than in the previous year.
Drop in recorded and encountered crime
In 2017, 23% fewer crime victims than in 2012. Police recorded crime per inhabitant dropped by 30%.
Fewer homicides in 2020, but more young people killed
In 2020, there were 121 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands, 4 fewer than in 2019.
Data alliance between CBS and National Rapporteur on Trafficking
Human trafficking and sexual violence against children are extremely serious crimes that have disruptive effects on the lives and well-being of victims.
SDG 5 Gender equality
Latest data Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 Gender equality. SDG 5 advocates equal treatment of and an equal position in society for men and women.
Crime
Dossier page on crime and immigration
Sharp drop in traditional crime
In 2020, registered crime was down by 2 percent on the previous year. Certain types of traditional crime in particular, including pickpocketing (-47 percent), domestic burglary (-23 percent) and...
Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands, 1996-2018
Persons died as a result of murder or manslaughter by location and method crime scene located in the Netherlands (residents or non-residents)
More murder and manslaughter victims in 2017
In 2017 there were 158 victims of murder and manslaughter in the Netherlands, including 112 men and 46 women. There were 108 victims in 2016.
Overnight accommodation; guests, country of residence, type, region
Guests, overnight stays in hotels, holiday parks, groupaccommodation and on camp sites by type of accommodation, regio and country of residence
Crimes against property more often reported to the police than violent crimes
Only 28 percent of crimes are reported to the police.
Common crime stabilised
In 2004 a quarter of the Dutch population indicated they had been victims of common crime. This is about the same as in 2003 but less than in 2002. The share of violent crime victims fell slightly in...
Common crime down slightly
A quarter of the population indicated that they had been the victim of common crime in 2003. This is les than in 2002, but about the same as in the years before that. Theft and vandalism decreased,...
Asylum & integration 2022 – Cohort study asylum seekers and status holders
Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2021
Government; social benefits
Statutory social security benefits, Social Assistance Benefits
Many suspects also victims
Persons suspected of criminal activities one and a half times as often fall victim to criminal offences as people who have never been suspected of criminal activities.
Further drop in registered crime and suspect rates
The crime rate has fallen since 2007: fewer registrations, suspects, criminal court cases and victims.
Fewer minors suspected of crimes
In 2011 372 thousand crime suspects were registered. That was nearly 3 percent less than the year before.
Most crimes not reported to the police
Most crimes experienced by the Dutch population are not reported to the police. Victims report only about a third of offences to the police and only a quarter are actually officially recorded.