Europe: rate of reported assaults 2019

In Europe in 2019, England and Wales had the highest reported rate of serious assaults per 100,000 inhabitants, with almost 930 reported incidents. Belgium had the second highest rate with close to 560. Romania had the lowest rate of reported serious assaults, with only 1.46 per 100,000 inhabitant, followed by Lithuania and Albania. Despite this low rate of assault, Lithuania, Albania and Romania had some of the highest homicide rates in Europe, suggesting that there is a discrepancy in how often assaults are reported in these countries, or the methodology behind data collection.

Rate of reported assaults in Europe in 2019, by country (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Characteristic	Assault rate per 100,000 inhabitants
England and Wales*	927.84
Belgium	556.36
France	450.52
Liechtenstein	198.03
Germany	160.31
Italy	110.14
Luxembourg	103.76
Ireland	102.18
Slovenia	75.21
Scotland*	74.47
Northern Ireland*	56.66
Sweden	52.04
Czechia	43.98
Austria	43.29
Spain	42.73
Malta	40.52
Norway	39.96
Bulgaria	39.54
Denmark	33.9
Latvia	33.28
Finland	28.71
Slovakia	28
Netherlands	27.77
Iceland	27.17
Cyprus	20.09
Montenegro	18.48
Croatia	18.06
Poland	16.89
Serbia	16.24
Kosovo	15.31
Greece	14.95
Switzerland	7.46
Portugal	6.43
Estonia	5.89
Albania	5.52
Lithuania	5.44
Romania	1.46

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September 2021

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Police-recorded offences by crime such as : homicide, assault, kidnapping,sexual violence, rape, sexual assault, robbery, burglary, burglary of private residential premises, theft, theft of a motorized land vehicle and drug crimes.

Supplementary notes

The figures from 2008 onwards for police-recorded offences are based on the joint Eurostat-UNODC data collection. It is available at country level for European Union Member States, EFTA countries, EU Candidate countries, and EU Potential Candidates.

Numbers are missing for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, North Macedonia, and Turkey.

*Numbers are from 2018.

Please note that the numbers should be taken with caution, as counting and reporting vary from country to country.

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