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Our team was tasked with finding out how the dark web can be used to source information for new statistics on digital crime.

Crime

Dossier page on crime and immigration

Juvenile crime

Fact sheets (and underlying tables) are used to describe (juvenile) crime and relevant background characteristics of the municipality at a glance.

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.

Detention on remand

Further drop in crime suspect rates

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

Drop in recorded and encountered crime

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

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

Special procedures in criminal cases, 1990-2016

Financial compensations to former suspects and pardons. Compensations due to wrongful incarceration and costs of being a suspect.

Spending on security slightly down in 2014

In 2014, total spending on security in the Netherlands amounted to approximately 13 billion euros. Security expenditure increased up until 2012 inclusive but showed a slight decline after that. Average spending per capita last year was slightly over 750 euros.

1 in 10 crime suspects is a foreigner without fixed abode

In 2013 nearly one in five registered crime suspects was a foreigner. Over half of this group, one in ten crime suspects, had no fixed abode within the Netherlands. They were tourists, seasonal labourers, illegal residents and traveling criminal gangs. There has been a sharp increase in the number of Eastern Eur0pean suspects since 2007.

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 most substantial reduction occurred among underage suspects. Proportionally, most young people arrested by the police are living in the major cities.

School careers of Rotterdam 6-21-year-olds, 2007-2011 (extension of previous study) (Dutch only)

Custom-made tables on education and personal characteristics of 6-21-year-olds in Rotterdam in 2007 and 2011. Extension of a study conducted in 2013. In addition to the custom-made tables, in regression analysis, the relationship is examined between a number of education and personal characteristics. The regression results are available on request. Commissioned by: Verwey-Jonker Institute.

Level of education, social benefits claimants and crime suspects by 4-digit postcode zone, 2011-2012 (Dutch only)

Custom-made tables on the level of education, social benefits claimants and the number of crime suspects among inhabitants by 4-digit postcode zones in 2011-2012. Commissioned by: Ministry of Finance.

Education level of persons suspected of violence against homosexuals in the period 2009-August 2013 (Dutch only)

Custom-made table regarding the highest education level of persons suspected of violence (or having threatened to use violence) against homosexuals in the period 2009-August 2013. Results are available on request. Commissioned by: National Police Services Agency (Korps landelijke politiediensten).

Security costs 780 euros per person

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.

Nationalities of detained suspects in 2008, 2010 and 2012 (Dutch only)

Custom-made tables regarding non-Dutch nationals detained on suspicion of having committed a crime broken down by nationality and type of crime in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Results are available on request. Commissioned by: Panteia.

Fewer young crime suspects

According to the police, 262 thousand persons were once or more than once suspected of criminal activities in 2011, a decline by 20 percent relative to 2007. The crime rate fell noticeably among native Dutch and young people.

Calendar

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 25 February - 1 March 2013 (Week 9).

Crisis hits non-western foreigners harder than native Dutch

The annual report on integration published today shows that the economic crisis is having serious effects on people in the Netherlands with a non-western foreign background. The report (English summary available) presents a picture of integration of people with a foreign background in Dutch society.

Dutch society 2012: repercussions of the crisis

These and other facts are presented in De Nederlandse Samenleving 2012, Statistics Netherlands’ report on society in the Netherlands (available in Dutch only). The book gives a picture of prosperity and well-being in the Netherlands today, including differences between population groups and regions.

Fewer minors suspected of crimes

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

Young people without basic qualification relatively often heard by the police

Young people without basic qualification are much more often heard by the police than those who have graduated from secondary vocational education level 2 (mbo-2) or higher. Unemployed school drop-outs in particular are relatively often heard by the police.

Integration a step forward with the second generation

The second generation, born in the Netherlands, is starting to become the face of the population with a non-western background in Dutch society

Number of suspects by ethnic origin, provisional figures for 2008 (Dutch only)

At the request of Regioplan, the Centre for Policy Related Statistics has calculated provisional figures for the number of crime suspects in the Netherlands in 2008. The figures are broken down by ethnic origin, sex, first and second generation immigrants and type of crime.The table is comparable with the table Statistics Netherlands publishes in StatLine on crime suspects by ethnic origin. However, these figures are not yet available in StatLine for the year 2008. Figures in the table are provisional as the data source was not yet complete.