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People living in households that report crime, violence or vandalism in their local area. It reflects residents' perception, not recorded offences.
34 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.0% | 10.7%u (low reliability) | 14.7% | 13.6% |
| 2020 | 10.7%e (estimated) | 8.2%bu (break in time series, low reliability) | 17.7%b (break in time series) | 14.1% |
| 2019 | 11.0%e (estimated) | 13.1% | 14.7% | 11.6% |
| 2018 | 11.5%e (estimated) | 13.3% | 14.9% | 10.9% |
| 2017 | 11.5%e (estimated) | 14.2% | 13.9% | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 12.5%e (estimated) | 14.1% | 14.8% | 10.3% |
| 2015 | 13.2%e (estimated) | 13.8% | 14.2% | 10.0% |
| 2014 | 13.6%e (estimated) | 13.1% | 15.3% | 11.9% |
| 2013 | 14.1%e (estimated) | 13.5% | 16.8% | 14.2% |
| 2012 | 12.8%e (estimated) | 12.5% | 14.7% | 10.1% |
| 2011 | 13.2%e (estimated) | 12.9% | 14.8% | 10.8% |
| 2010 | 13.1%e (estimated) | 12.0% | 15.6% | 13.0% |
| 2009 | – | 12.7% | 15.3% | 16.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2008 | – | 13.0% | 14.8% | 14.7% |
| 2007 | – | 12.4% | 16.3% | 17.5% |
| 2006 | – | 12.6% | 16.1% | 19.3% |
| 2005 | – | 9.8% | 17.5% | 18.9% |
| 2004 | – | – | 22.3% | 18.4% |
Flags: bu break in time series, low reliability; u low reliability; b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Greece (20.9%) and the lowest Albania (0.6%).
- Half of the countries are above 7.0% and half below.
- The figure for the European Union was 10.0% in 2023, against 11.5% in 2018 (−1.5 percentage points).
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Greece 20.9%
- 2 Netherlands 16.7%
- 3 Bulgaria 15.6%
- 4 France 14.7%
- 5 Spain 13.6%
- 6 Belgium 12.4%
- 7 Finland 11.5%
- 8 Germany 10.7%u (low reliability)
- 9 Türkiye 10.7%
- 10 Cyprus 9.6%
- 11 Ireland 9.6%
- 12 Sweden 9.4%
- 13 Serbia 8.5%
- 14 Switzerland 8.5%
- 15 Luxembourg 7.4%
- 16 Malta 7.4%
- 17 Austria 7.0%
- 18 Portugal 6.9%
- 19 Slovenia 6.8%
- 20 Czechia 6.6%
- 21 North Macedonia 6.6%
- 22 Italy 6.4%
- 23 Denmark 6.3%
- 24 Hungary 6.1%
- 25 Norway 5.9%
- 26 Romania 5.9%
- 27 Latvia 5.4%
- 28 Estonia 4.3%
- 29 Montenegro 3.5%
- 30 Slovakia 3.4%
- 31 Poland 2.8%
- 32 Lithuania 2.7%
- 33 Croatia 1.4%
- 34 Albania 0.6%
- European Union 10.0%
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Grey: no value for 2023. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.