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Crime, safety and victim’s rights

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report ‘Crime, safety and victims’ rights’ from the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) will be published. FRA and Statistics Netherlands have worked together on this specific research and Statistics Netherlands took care of the sampling and the weighting.

The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020

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The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020 is the successor to Trends in the Netherlands and the Statistical Yearbooks and Pocket Books.

Deaths; cause of death (extensive list), age and sex

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Number of deaths in the population of the Netherlands by main underlying cause of death (extensive list of 'three digit codes'), by age and sex

Number of homicides halved over two decades

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In 2019, there were 125 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands: 81 men and 44 women.

Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands

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Persons died as a result of murder or manslaughter by location and method crime scene located in the Netherlands (residents or non-residents)

Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands, 1996-2018

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Persons died as a result of murder or manslaughter by location and method crime scene located in the Netherlands (residents or non-residents)

Government; social benefits

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Statutory social security benefits, Social Assistance Benefits

Less traditional crime, more cybercrime

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Increasingly few Dutch

Fewer Dutch people are feeling unsafe

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Feelings of unsafety among Dutch people are declining progressively. In 2012, 37 percent indicated that they felt unsafe occasionally in general terms, versus 32 percent in 2019.

Deaths; accidents, residents, 1996-2017

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Dutch residents died in the given year due to an accident mainly traffic accidents, accidental falls, drowning or poisoning

Thefts along the coast peak in summertime

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On the coast, minor property crimes are more frequent during the summer compared to the rest of the year. Over one-quarter of the pickpocketing cases which were registered in coastal areas during the period 2016-2018 occurred in July and August.

1.2 million cybercrime victims

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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.

Digitale veiligheid en criminaliteit

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Digitale veiligheid en criminaliteit

Strong link between education level and well-being

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The broad well-being of higher educated is higher than of lower educated.

Many aspects of well-being improving – but not all

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Longer-term trends in many areas of well-being in the Netherlands are upwards, and some aspects have shown recent further improvement. There have also been deteriorations, particularly in the areas of labour and housing.

Caribbean Netherlands; perception of (un)safety, personal characteristics

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perception of (un)safety, assessment of crime and safety sex, age, educational level

Caribbean Netherlands; victimization of crime, personal characteristics

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victimization, violence, property crimes and vandalism sex, age, educational level

Crime

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Dossier page on crime and immigration

Fewer women than men fall victim to violence

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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 twice as often than their male peers that they have fallen victim to a sexual offence.

Economic position of women has improved

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The Emancipation Monitor by CBS and SCP shows that the economic position of women has improved.

More murder and manslaughter victims in 2017

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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.

Well-being not distributed equally

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Highly educated people often have a higher level of well-being than lower educated people but are more often victims of crime.

Drop in recorded and encountered crime

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In 2017, 23% fewer crime victims than in 2012. Police recorded crime per inhabitant dropped by 30%.

Further drop in registered crime and suspect rates

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The crime rate has fallen since 2007: fewer registrations, suspects, criminal court cases and victims.

Three-quarters of cybercrime cases not reported

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In 2016, around one-quarter of all cybercrime cases was reported. This number is lower than four years previously.