In 2023 1,511,882 offences were reported to the police, the customs authority or the prosecution service. This represents an increase of 64,412 reported offences compared to figures for 2022.

In particular, an increase was noted in the offence category for fraud and other acts of dishonesty. The type of crimes included in fraud, for which the number of reported offences increased the most between 2022 and 2023, were payment card fraud and fraud by means of social manipulation. During the same period, the number of reported offences decreased in the category of theft offences. The types of offences in the category that decreased most were bicycle theft and theft out of a motor vehicle.

Since 2014, the number of reported offences has increased by 68,129 (+5 %). Since 1975, the trend in the total number of reported offences has been characterised by a continuous increase. However, the rate of increase, i.e. the percentage change over time, was strongest to the end of the 1990s, the rate of increase after that was lower, until another increase started in the mid-2000s. The increase has occurred across the majority of offence categories during the period between 1975 and 2014. Reported car crimes including vehicle theft and theft out of and from a motor vehicle, however, have fallen since 1975, and are thus exceptions to this general trend. The number of reported assaults, including aggravated assaults, has increased four-fold since 1975 and the number of reported sexual offences has undergone a seven-fold increase.

Reported crimes against the person are numerically dominated by assaults, unlawful threats and non-sexual molestation. Over the course of 2023, a total of 86,466 assault offences were reported, which constitutes an increase of 3 per cent by comparison with the figures of 2022. A total of 30,559 assaults on women aged 18 years or over were reported which is an increase of 5 per cent by comparison with the figures of 2022. In addition, there were a total of 1,137 reported cases of gross violation of a woman’s integrity. The number of reported assaults against men aged 18 years or over amounted to 30,652 offences which was an increase of 1 per cent since the previous year.

In 2023 the total number of reported sexual offences were 24,278 which represents a decrease of 2 per cent since 2022. There was a 2 per cent decrease in the number of reported rape offences, with 9,476 rapes being registered in 2023. The number of reported crimes of sexual molestation decreased by 6 per cent by comparison with the figures of 2022, to 9,596 cases.

In 2023 381,041 theft offences were reported, which represents a decrease of 11,703 reported offences in relation to the figure for the previous year. This category of crimes accounts for 25 per cent of the total number of reported offences. Subsequent to this point, the number of theft offences has declined. There were 7,886 car thefts reported in 2023, along with 56,587 thefts out of motor vehicles. The number of car thefts declined by 3 per cent, and the number of thefts out of motor vehicles decreased with 6 per cent compared with the figures for 2022.

In 2023, the number of reported robberies decreased with 1 per cent compared with the number reported in 2022, with 6,402 reported offences being registered. Muggings, which comprise approximately 84 per cent of reported robbery offences, decreased by 2 per cent to 5,384 in 2023. A total of 350 robberies of shops and stores were reported in 2023, which constitutes a decrease of 11 per cent by comparison with 2022. No bank robberies were reported in 2023 and 2022. A total of 3,871 incidents of violence against public servants (police, security officers etc.) were reported in 2023, this was a decrease of 6 per cent compared with the number reported in 2022. A total of about 10,809 residential burglaries were reported in 2023, which constitutes a decrease of 2 per cent. The number of reported fraud offences increased by 22 per cent since last year, with 238,371 offences being reported.

Reported criminal damage offences increased by a total of 4 per cent, to 218,768 crimes.

In addition, reported drug offences decreased by 1 per cent by comparison with the figures for 2022, to 112,297 reported offences. During the year a total of 65,535 road traffic offences were reported, which is a decrease by 5 per cent compared to 2022.