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Themes Summary Table Glossary 2030 Agenda

PORTUGAL

Indicted persons: total and by category of crime (1984-)

Indicator

2021

63,710

Individuals

1984

38,981

Individuals

Operations

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Years	Type of crime
Years	Total	Against people	Against life in society	Against property	Against the State	Transport	Other	Unspecified
1984	38,981	12,399	1,656	6,933	5,512	658	11,662	161
1985	49,970	15,262	1,735	8,105	7,601	926	16,219	122
1986	61,489	19,330	2,047	9,371	10,400	960	19,277	104
1987	54,215	15,193	2,061	8,905	5,651	972	21,111	322
1988	53,941	15,168	1,913	9,177	5,583	1,034	20,567	499
1989	53,474	14,794	2,065	10,345	3,594	1,045	21,134	497
1990	56,192	14,243	2,241	11,165	2,838	1,135	23,890	680
1991	71,687	17,577	2,764	14,489	4,449	2,982	29,398	28
1992	82,972	15,543	3,836	18,245	2,809	4,357	38,163	19
1993	74,274	14,011	3,197	16,433	3,308	10,084	27,233	8
1994	95,107	20,885	3,571	21,598	4,621	11,746	32,683	3
1995	89,678	14,165	3,801	21,907	2,062	9,243	38,500	0
1996	90,360	16,251	12,221	19,263	2,308	x	40,314	3
1997	90,831	17,706	12,372	17,367	2,882	x	40,501	3
1998	119,489	19,446	14,585	16,583	3,864	x	65,006	5
1999	115,915	24,238	17,667	17,686	6,093	x	50,222	9
2000	106,693	25,256	18,927	19,286	3,667	x	39,553	4
2001	103,503	25,357	18,791	18,558	4,790	x	36,007	0
2002	97,459	23,867	18,953	17,443	5,685	x	31,511	0
2003	105,751	25,750	22,696	17,747	7,084	x	32,474	0
2004	104,698	25,836	23,916	16,238	7,559	x	31,149	0
2005	102,559	26,179	23,225	15,382	7,924	x	29,849	0
2006	106,703	26,744	22,954	16,570	8,537	x	31,898	0
2007	(R)135,498	36,530	25,940	23,591	(R)10,105	x	39,059	273
2008	(R)141,419	(R)35,719	28,075	25,919	9,668	x	(R)41,802	236
2009	125,507	31,926	24,063	23,422	8,310	x	37,592	194
2010	(R)124,749	32,024	25,121	22,836	7,935	x	(R)36,678	(R)155
2011	121,182	31,333	23,579	(R)23,729	7,637	x	34,764	(R)140
2012	(R)121,347	30,611	23,359	(R)25,359	8,100	x	33,806	112
2013	(R)111,790	(R)28,831	20,152	24,594	7,875	x	30,272	66
2014	(R)81,439	(R)21,926	(R)13,552	(R)17,937	(R)5,921	x	(R)22,042	(R)61
2015	(R)90,774	(R)24,628	(R)15,728	(R)20,217	(R)6,488	x	(R)23,646	67
2016	(R)86,736	(R)24,120	(R)14,842	(R)19,281	(R)6,520	x	(R)21,944	29
2017	(R)79,059	(R)21,963	(R)12,883	(R)17,264	(R)6,517	x	(R)20,385	47
2018	(R)70,232	(R)20,152	(R)11,912	(R)14,790	(R)5,443	x	(R)17,914	(R)21
2019	(R)68,081	(R)20,547	(R)10,870	(R)13,937	(R)5,054	x	(R)17,659	14
2020	(R)51,743	(R)15,640	(R)8,157	(R)10,098	(R)3,845	x	(R)13,987	16
2021	63,710	18,993	9,844	12,492	4,907	x	17,466	8

Sources/Entities: DGPJ/MJ, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-12-28

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