Trends in violent crime in Belgium -statistics (raw numbers, not rate per 100k)

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1j8472k

created by Speeskees1993 on 10/03/2025 at 17:29 UTC

46 upvotes, 12 top-level comments (showing 12)

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Comment by AnnoxisTenebraerum at 10/03/2025 at 17:33 UTC

40 upvotes, 1 direct replies

So, how did the calculation for the listed crimes here change to justify such lower numbers in 2024 ?

Comment by Speeskees1993 at 10/03/2025 at 17:34 UTC

18 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Source: https://www.politie.be/statistieken/nl/criminaliteitsstatistieken[1][2]

1: https://www.politie.be/statistieken/nl/criminaliteitsstatistieken

2: https://www.politie.be/statistieken/nl/criminaliteitsstatistieken

CAVE(s):

Slagen en verwondingen: this does not mean what you think. This is not an umbrella term that includes theft with violence, it is a different (but broad) category of violent crime, just like homicide(which is also a specific form of violent crime). So they dont overlap with the robbery numbers. Unfortunately this includes both deliberate and accidental violence. So if you slap your arms around in a cafe and accidentally knock someone out, or accidentally slam your car into a pedestrian, this can also be filed under this category. They do not show accidental and deliberate cases separately in the statistics. Source: https://www.politieantwerpen.be/e-loket/slagen-en-verwondingen[3][4]

3: https://www.politieantwerpen.be/e-loket/slagen-en-verwondingen

4: https://www.politieantwerpen.be/e-loket/slagen-en-verwondingen

Numbers: these are not the rates per 100 000(those are not calculated in the police reports), but the total numbers. This means that they do not take into account the 14% increase in population during the timeframe of these statistics(2000-2024, 5% for 2014-2023).

2024 stump: for 2024 they only have the data for the first quarter of the year. The yellow line represents the Q1 numbers of every year.

A while ago I showed a steady decrease in homicide rate in Belgium as a whole, and its "gewesten" as well. Now, this idea of crime rates is rather politicized on this sub, and of course VB twats such as those on B2 are quick to smugly point out that this does not cover other violent crimes(beatings, muggings etc.). So here is what I could find.

Willingness to report: most of the actual crime statistics such as these are hand-waived away by certain aforementioned demographics due to the decline in "aangiftebereidheid". For this claim they unfortunately rely completely on anecdotes. They dont have any research showing this.

But it is something to keep in mind, so researchers like to use homicide rate for this as a proxy, because these rates are not susceptible to aangiftebereidheid like robbery and such are. They can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1gh7v3f/homicide%5C_rate%5C_trends%5C_last%5C_decade%5C_in%5C_belgiumand/[5][6] and https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1gmn17l/homicide%5C_rate%5C_trends%5C_brussels%5C_and%5C_wallonialast/[7][8] tldr: a clear decrease over time.

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1gh7v3f/homicide%5C_rate%5C_trends%5C_last%5C_decade%5C_in%5C_belgiumand/

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1gh7v3f/homicide_rate_trends_last_decade_in_belgiumand/

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1gmn17l/homicide%5C_rate%5C_trends%5C_brussels%5C_and%5C_wallonialast/

8: https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1gmn17l/homicide_rate_trends_brussels_and_wallonialast/

Comment by Kyanovp1 at 10/03/2025 at 17:33 UTC

4 upvotes, 2 direct replies

why is this?!

Comment by MiktorVike at 10/03/2025 at 19:23 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Ja maar... en mijn onveiligheidsgevoel dan?

(/s)*

Comment by Koffieslikker at 10/03/2025 at 19:57 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This feels fishy... Did we start counting differently? That's an insane drop

Comment by Marus1 at 10/03/2025 at 19:19 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

At least we can see a drop around covid

Comment by Darth__Agnon at 10/03/2025 at 20:15 UTC

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But but... DE VREMDE!

Comment by Careless_Trip_3982 at 10/03/2025 at 20:39 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Waarom zou je 2024 posten, duidelijk nog niet compleet. Delete

Comment by InternationalPin5811 at 10/03/2025 at 18:03 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hier word ik dus enorm agressief van

Comment by Animal6820 at 10/03/2025 at 18:35 UTC

-7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

We geven ze gewoon niet meer aan. Tegenwoordig stelen ze jouw fiets of je krijgt slagen in het station en je mag 4-5 dagen later op zaterdagvoormiddag op afspraak een bladje gaan invullen dat een voormiddag tijd verdrijft en ze geven toe dat er niets zal veranderen. Take your losses en accepteer dat je die zaterdagvoormiddag liever niet wachtend bij de politie doorbrengt terwijl ze suggereren dat je het misschien ook wat uitgelokt hebt door alleen te lopen of maar 1 slot aan uwe fiets te doen.