Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands

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Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands
Sex Characteristics Periods Victims murder, manslaughter (number) Victims murder, manslaughter, relative (Per mln of the average population)
Total male and female Total 1996 240 15.5
Total male and female Total 2020 121 6.9
Total male and female Total 2022 143 8.1
Total male and female Total 2023* 125 7.0
Total male and female Age: younger than 20 years 1996 29 7.7
Total male and female Age: younger than 20 years 2020 18 4.8
Total male and female Age: younger than 20 years 2022 17 4.5
Total male and female Age: younger than 20 years 2023* 11 2.9
Total male and female Age: 20 to 29 years 1996 67 28.5
Total male and female Age: 20 to 29 years 2020 22 9.8
Total male and female Age: 20 to 29 years 2022 25 10.9
Total male and female Age: 20 to 29 years 2023* 22 9.4
Total male and female Age: 30 to 39 years 1996 51 19.9
Total male and female Age: 30 to 39 years 2020 27 12.5
Total male and female Age: 30 to 39 years 2022 34 15.1
Total male and female Age: 30 to 39 years 2023* 26 11.2
Total male and female Age: 40 to 49 years 1996 41 17.5
Total male and female Age: 40 to 49 years 2020 15 6.9
Total male and female Age: 40 to 49 years 2022 24 11.3
Total male and female Age: 40 to 49 years 2023* 27 12.7
Total male and female Age: 50 to 59 years 1996 24 13.9
Total male and female Age: 50 to 59 years 2020 21 8.3
Total male and female Age: 50 to 59 years 2022 16 6.3
Total male and female Age: 50 to 59 years 2023* 16 6.3
Total male and female Age: 60 years or older 1996 28 10.1
Total male and female Age: 60 years or older 2020 18 4.0
Total male and female Age: 60 years or older 2022 27 5.7
Total male and female Age: 60 years or older 2023* 23 4.8
Total male and female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 1996 22
Total male and female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2020 14
Total male and female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2022 14
Total male and female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2023* 12
Total male and female Method: Beating or kicking 1996 13
Total male and female Method: Beating or kicking 2020 25
Total male and female Method: Beating or kicking 2022 20
Total male and female Method: Beating or kicking 2023* 17
Total male and female Method: Firearm 1996 86
Total male and female Method: Firearm 2020 32
Total male and female Method: Firearm 2022 38
Total male and female Method: Firearm 2023* 29
Total male and female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 1996 88
Total male and female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2020 46
Total male and female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2022 60
Total male and female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2023* 58
Total male and female Method: other or unknown 1996 31
Total male and female Method: other or unknown 2020 4
Total male and female Method: other or unknown 2022 11
Total male and female Method: other or unknown 2023* 9
Total male and female Location: house of the victim or others 1996 97
Total male and female Location: house of the victim or others 2020 74
Total male and female Location: house of the victim or others 2022 74
Total male and female Location: house of the victim or others 2023* 69
Total male and female Location: for trade and services 1996 15
Total male and female Location: for trade and services 2020 2
Total male and female Location: for trade and services 2022 14
Total male and female Location: for trade and services 2023* 8
Total male and female Location: public road 1996 40
Total male and female Location: public road 2020 33
Total male and female Location: public road 2022 28
Total male and female Location: public road 2023* 31
Total male and female Location: other or unknown location 1996 88
Total male and female Location: other or unknown location 2020 12
Total male and female Location: other or unknown location 2022 27
Total male and female Location: other or unknown location 2023* 17
Male Total 1996 171 22.3
Male Total 2020 77 8.9
Male Total 2022 95 10.8
Male Total 2023* 84 9.5
Male Age: younger than 20 years 1996 16 8.3
Male Age: younger than 20 years 2020 11 5.7
Male Age: younger than 20 years 2022 11 5.7
Male Age: younger than 20 years 2023* 8 4.2
Male Age: 20 to 29 years 1996 49 41.0
Male Age: 20 to 29 years 2020 16 14.1
Male Age: 20 to 29 years 2022 21 18.0
Male Age: 20 to 29 years 2023* 18 15.2
Male Age: 30 to 39 years 1996 38 29.0
Male Age: 30 to 39 years 2020 14 12.8
Male Age: 30 to 39 years 2022 19 16.7
Male Age: 30 to 39 years 2023* 18 15.4
Male Age: 40 to 49 years 1996 28 23.5
Male Age: 40 to 49 years 2020 11 10.1
Male Age: 40 to 49 years 2022 18 17.0
Male Age: 40 to 49 years 2023* 20 18.9
Male Age: 50 to 59 years 1996 21 24.0
Male Age: 50 to 59 years 2020 14 11.0
Male Age: 50 to 59 years 2022 12 9.4
Male Age: 50 to 59 years 2023* 9 7.1
Male Age: 60 years or older 1996 19 16.2
Male Age: 60 years or older 2020 11 5.1
Male Age: 60 years or older 2022 14 6.2
Male Age: 60 years or older 2023* 11 4.8
Male Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 1996 6
Male Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2020 3
Male Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2022 4
Male Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2023* 3
Male Method: Beating or kicking 1996 12
Male Method: Beating or kicking 2020 16
Male Method: Beating or kicking 2022 15
Male Method: Beating or kicking 2023* 12
Male Method: Firearm 1996 73
Male Method: Firearm 2020 24
Male Method: Firearm 2022 32
Male Method: Firearm 2023* 24
Male Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 1996 62
Male Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2020 31
Male Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2022 38
Male Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2023* 41
Male Method: other or unknown 1996 18
Male Method: other or unknown 2020 3
Male Method: other or unknown 2022 6
Male Method: other or unknown 2023* 4
Male Location: house of the victim or others 1996 58
Male Location: house of the victim or others 2020 32
Male Location: house of the victim or others 2022 36
Male Location: house of the victim or others 2023* 38
Male Location: for trade and services 1996 15
Male Location: for trade and services 2020 2
Male Location: for trade and services 2022 13
Male Location: for trade and services 2023* 7
Male Location: public road 1996 38
Male Location: public road 2020 33
Male Location: public road 2022 26
Male Location: public road 2023* 28
Male Location: other or unknown location 1996 60
Male Location: other or unknown location 2020 10
Male Location: other or unknown location 2022 20
Male Location: other or unknown location 2023* 11
Female Total 1996 69 8.8
Female Total 2020 44 5.0
Female Total 2022 48 5.4
Female Total 2023* 41 4.6
Female Age: younger than 20 years 1996 13 7.0
Female Age: younger than 20 years 2020 7 3.8
Female Age: younger than 20 years 2022 6 3.3
Female Age: younger than 20 years 2023* 3 1.6
Female Age: 20 to 29 years 1996 18 15.6
Female Age: 20 to 29 years 2020 6 5.5
Female Age: 20 to 29 years 2022 4 3.5
Female Age: 20 to 29 years 2023* 4 3.5
Female Age: 30 to 39 years 1996 13 10.3
Female Age: 30 to 39 years 2020 13 12.1
Female Age: 30 to 39 years 2022 15 13.5
Female Age: 30 to 39 years 2023* 8 7.0
Female Age: 40 to 49 years 1996 13 11.3
Female Age: 40 to 49 years 2020 4 3.6
Female Age: 40 to 49 years 2022 6 5.6
Female Age: 40 to 49 years 2023* 7 6.6
Female Age: 50 to 59 years 1996 3 3.5
Female Age: 50 to 59 years 2020 7 5.5
Female Age: 50 to 59 years 2022 4 3.1
Female Age: 50 to 59 years 2023* 7 5.5
Female Age: 60 years or older 1996 9 5.7
Female Age: 60 years or older 2020 7 2.9
Female Age: 60 years or older 2022 13 5.2
Female Age: 60 years or older 2023* 12 4.7
Female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 1996 16
Female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2020 11
Female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2022 10
Female Method hanging/strangulation/suffocation 2023* 9
Female Method: Beating or kicking 1996 1
Female Method: Beating or kicking 2020 9
Female Method: Beating or kicking 2022 5
Female Method: Beating or kicking 2023* 5
Female Method: Firearm 1996 13
Female Method: Firearm 2020 8
Female Method: Firearm 2022 6
Female Method: Firearm 2023* 5
Female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 1996 26
Female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2020 15
Female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2022 22
Female Method: Stabbing or battle weapon 2023* 17
Female Method: other or unknown 1996 13
Female Method: other or unknown 2020 1
Female Method: other or unknown 2022 5
Female Method: other or unknown 2023* 5
Female Location: house of the victim or others 1996 39
Female Location: house of the victim or others 2020 42
Female Location: house of the victim or others 2022 38
Female Location: house of the victim or others 2023* 31
Female Location: for trade and services 1996 0
Female Location: for trade and services 2020 0
Female Location: for trade and services 2022 1
Female Location: for trade and services 2023* 1
Female Location: public road 1996 2
Female Location: public road 2020 0
Female Location: public road 2022 2
Female Location: public road 2023* 3
Female Location: other or unknown location 1996 28
Female Location: other or unknown location 2020 2
Female Location: other or unknown location 2022 7
Female Location: other or unknown location 2023* 6
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains the number of persons died as a result of murder or manslaughter, where the crime scene is located in the Netherlands. The victims can be residents or non-residents of the Netherlands. The data can be split by location of the crime, method, age and sex. The criterion is the date of death, the date of the criminal act can be in the previous year.
Since 2013 Statistics Netherlands is using Iris for automatic coding for causes of death. This improved the international comparison of the data. The change in coding did cause a considerable shift in the statistics. Since 2013 the (yearly) ICD-10 updates are applied. However for murder and manslaughter no changes in coding have taken place.
The ICD-10 codes that belong to murder and manslaughter are X85-Y09.

Data available from: 1996

Status of the figures:
The figures up to and including 2022 are final. The figures for 2023 are provisional.

Changes as of August 29th 2024:
The provisional figures for 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published:
In the first quarter of 2025 the definitive figures for 2023 will be published.

Description topics

Victims murder, manslaughter
Murder: taking somebody's life, intentionally and premeditated.
Manslaughter: taking somebody's life, intentionally not premeditated.
This table does not distinguish between murder and manslaughter.
Victims murder, manslaughter, relative
Per 1 000 000 of the average population in the according populationgroup of that year.