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Last year, 1.5 percent in the Dutch population aged 15 years and older (more than 200 thousand individuals) fell victim to identity fraud while using ticket machines, cash dispensers or browsing the...

Most crimes experienced by the Dutch population are not reported to the police. Victims report only about a third of offences to the police and only a quarter are actually officially recorded.

Assistance (mainly practical) to direct and indirect victims of offences, road traffic accidents and other calamities, consisting in completion of forms, support with legal matters and referral to...

Fires by cause and object, indoor fires, outdoor fires, victims and rescues, employees, fire equipment, costs

In 2017, fewer crime suspects were registered by the police than in 2016: a decrease of 11 percent.

A crime is solved when the police knows who at least one suspect is, even if that suspect is on the run or denies having committed the crime.

Of the status holders who obtained an asylum residence permit in 2014, 43 percent had a job by mid-2020.

The crime rate has fallen since 2007: fewer registrations, suspects, criminal court cases and victims.

Person or body against whom a punishable act is directed, or who has directly been affected by the consequences of a criminal offence.

In 2019, a total of 661 people in the Netherlands died in a traffic accident. This is 17 less than in 2018, but the annual number of traffic deaths is still higher compared to the years 2012-2017.

Dutch police recorded 5 percent fewer criminal offences in 2012 than in 2011. Registered crime in the Netherlands has been showing a downward trend for a number of years now. However, the number of...

On the coast, minor property crimes are more frequent during the summer compared to the rest of the year. Over one-quarter of the pickpocketing cases which were registered in coastal areas during the...

Victims of workplace aggression more often report a poor state of health than their colleagues who do not face aggression at work. They are also more dissatisfied with their job and are more often...

In 2012, 3 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years or older reported that they had been a victim of online fraud when buying or selling goods or services online. This is the equivalent of...

There were 165 victims of murder and manslaughter in the  Netherlands in 2011. That is 7 more than in 2010.

In 2012, 66 thousand young people in the age category 12-24 were arrested on suspicion of having committed at least one criminal offence, i.e. a reduction by nearly one third relative to 2007. The...

Residents of the south part of the Netherlands are more active in crime prevention than people living elsewhere. They look better after their possessions and their homes are better protected. People...