The figures on crime and criminal justice are collected through a joint Eurostat-UNODC data collection. This new joint data collection replaces earlier series published by Eurostat and refers to the period 2008-2013.
It is available at country level for European Union Member States, EFTA countries, EU Candidate countries, and EU Potential Candidates.
Data on offences recorded by the police – intentional homicide, assault, rape, other sexual assault, kidnapping, theft, motor vehicle theft, burglary/breaking and entering, domestic burglary/housebreaking, drug trafficking.
Data on intentional homicide are also available by largest cities in these countries.
Number of Victims of intentional homicide by age categories (0-14; 15-29; 30-44; 45-59; >60) and gender.
Suspects, Convicted and Persons Held in Prison by age (adult/juvenile) and gender.
Suspects and Persons Held in Prisons for the offences of Intentional Homicide, Rape and Other Sexual Assault by gender.
Criminal Justice Personnel – Police, Professional Judges and Magistrates, Prison Staff by gender.
Court Input / Output Statistics – Persons brought before the courts, persons convicted, persons acquitted.
Prisons - Prison Capacity.
Data for the United Kingdom (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) appears separately owing to the existence of three separate jurisdictions.
The data is reported by official sources in the countries such as the National Statistics Office, the National Prison Administration, the Ministries of the Interior or Justice and the Police.
Calendar year or national financial year data are provided in absolute numbers. No statistical adjustments are carried out.
Historical regional data, based on a different earlier Eurostat data collection covering 2008, 2009 and 2010, are available in crim_gen_reg (in crim_h)on domestic burglary, homicide, robbery and theft of a motor vehicle.