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The year of coronavirus
2020 was the year of coronavirus. To what extent was 2020 different from 2019?
Number of crime victims stable
In 2013, one in five residents aged 15 years and older indicated they had been victims of common crime (violent crimes, crimes against property and vandalism) during the past year. The proportion was...
Using complexity science to understand social problems
On 1 January 2021, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) senior methodologist Frank Pijpers was appointed Professor of Complexity for Official Statistics at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Annual Report Youth Monitor 2020 Summary
This Annual Report Youth Monitor 2020 Summary explores the situation of young people in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Number of homicides halved over two decades
In 2019, there were 125 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands: 81 men and 44 women.
Solved crime
A crime is solved when the police knows who at least one suspect is, even if that suspect is on the run or denies having committed the crime.
Crime victims by personal characteristics
Crime victims by background characteristics: sex, age, highest level of education, number of addresses per km2 of the place of residence
Victims of frequently occurring crime
Victims of frequently occurring crime. Violent crime, thelft, vandalism, hit - and-run accidents, harassment by phone
Further drop in crime suspect rates
In 2017, fewer crime suspects were registered by the police than in 2016: a decrease of 11 percent.
Crime victim
Someone aged over 12 who has experienced one or more of the types of common crime in the 12 months preceding the survey.
Asylum and integration 2020
Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2019
Drop in recorded and encountered crime
In 2017, 23% fewer crime victims than in 2012. Police recorded crime per inhabitant dropped by 30%.
Crimes against property more often reported to the police than violent crimes
Only 28 percent of crimes are reported to the police.
Registered crime down in 2012
Dutch police recorded 5 percent fewer criminal offences in 2012 than in 2011. Registered crime in the Netherlands has been showing a downward trend for a number of years now. However, the number of...
Crime down, people feel safer
20 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and older do not feel safe at times.
Fewer young crime suspects
In 2012, 66 thousand young people in the age category 12-24 were arrested on suspicion of having committed at least one criminal offence, i.e. a reduction by nearly one third relative to 2007. The...
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,...
People in the south of the Netherlands more active in crime prevention
Residents of the south part of the Netherlands are more active in crime prevention than people living elsewhere. They look better after their possessions and their homes are better protected. People...
One quarter of young people victims of crime
Approximately one quarter of young people became victims of crime in 2012. Young men are more often victims of violent crimes than young women.