Trends in crime and criminal justice, 2010

This publication provides an insight into trends in the various categories of recorded crime and also looks at police officer numbers and imprisonment rates. The latest available data indicate a general tendency towards a decrease in the levels of recorded crime across EU Member States between 2007 and 2010. Most crime recorded by the police in the European Union has fallen. While crimes linked to drug trafficking, robbery and violent crimes decreased between 3% and 6% between 2007 and 2010, the number of motor vehicle thefts fell much more rapidly over the same period (-23%). However, domestic burglary in the European Union has increased. Compared with 2007, 7% more cases of domestic burglary were reported in 2010.