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In 2024, the Dutch police registered 141 thousand criminal suspects, 11 percent of whom were minors.

In 2024, the police recorded an average of 2,220 crimes per day: 812 thousand in total.

Latest figures on distribution of well-being ‘here and now’. How is well-being distributed in terms of safety? Crime and feeling safe or unsafe affect people’s quality of life. The distribution is...

The Report on Integration and Society (Rapportage Integratie en Samenleven) describes how groups of different origins relate to the average of the Dutch population.

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...

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...

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.

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...

In 2017, fewer crime suspects were registered by the police than in 2016: a decrease of 11 percent.

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

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

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

In 2013, the police registered 640 thousand thefts, i.e. 38 per thousand residents.

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...

Spending on crime prevention and fighting crime, corruption and harassment topped 13 billion euros in 2012. This comes to 780 euros per person. Spending on security has been about the same since 2009.

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...

Homosexual men and women feel less safe than heterosexuals. They are also more often the victims of common crime and experience more disrespectful treatment.

Approximately one quarter of young people became victims of crime in 2012. Young men are more often victims of violent crimes than young women.

In 2011 372 thousand crime suspects were registered. That was nearly 3 percent less than the year before.

The police registered 1.19 million crimes last year, about as many as in 2010. More than half were thefts or burglaries.

The proportion of Dutch aged 15 years and older who occasionally felt unsafe in 2011 was marginally lower than one year previously. The proportion who reported they had been victims of common crime...

The proportion of Dutch aged 15 years and older who report to have beenvictims of common crimes like vandalism, violence and property offences hasbeen reduced marginally last year to just over 25...

Dutch police forces recorded more than 1 million criminal offences in 2009. This puts registered crime at the same level as in the previous year.