The rate of reported serious violent assaults in Iceland fluctuated between 2010 and 2022, with a low of 18 assaults per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010. However, the serious assault rate reached a new peak in 2022 at 38.8.
Rate of reported serious assaults in Iceland from 2010 to 2022
(per 100,000 inhabitants)
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
Numbers have been rounded.
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.
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Eurostat. (April 23, 2024). Rate of reported serious assaults in Iceland from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268637/assault-rate-iceland/
Eurostat. "Rate of reported serious assaults in Iceland from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. April 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268637/assault-rate-iceland/
Eurostat. (2024). Rate of reported serious assaults in Iceland from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268637/assault-rate-iceland/
Eurostat. "Rate of Reported Serious Assaults in Iceland from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268637/assault-rate-iceland/
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Rate of reported serious assaults in Iceland from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], Eurostat, April 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268637/assault-rate-iceland/
