Convicted persons
How many people are convicted in Denmark? What is their ancestry? What education do they have? How many people are convicted of violence or burglary, for example? The statistics show the number of people who have received a conviction in connection with criminal offences and special act offences.
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A grouping of the population into three categories: Immigrants, descendants, and persons of Danish origin
Different types of criminal offences, such as residential burglaries, common assault or malicious damage to property.
Selected statistics on Convicted persons
Development in the number of convicted persons broken down by sex
The statistics include all convictions which are registered in the Central Criminal Register. Data are stored in Statistics Denmarks's Register of Convictions and combined with information from Statistics Denmark's Population Register and Statistics Denmark's Income Register.
Development in the number of convicted persons broken down by ancestry
The statistics include all convictions which are registered in the Central Criminal Register. Data are stored in Statistics Denmarks's Register of Convictions and combined with information from Statistics Denmark's Population Register and Statistics Denmark's Income Register.
Number of convicted persons broken down by sex and education
The statistics include all convictions which are registered in the Central Criminal Register. Data are stored in Statistics Denmarks's Register of Convictions and combined with information from Statistics Denmark's Population Register and Statistics Denmark's Income Register.
Number of convicted persons broken down by selected offences
The statistics include all convictions which are registered in the Central Criminal Register. Data are stored in Statistics Denmarks's Register of Convictions and combined with information from Statistics Denmark's Population Register and Statistics Denmark's Income Register.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The purpose of the statistics is to analyze the number of persons who have been found guilty in violation of the penal code and the special laws (among these the Danish Road Traffic Act). The statistics on convicted persons was published for the first time for the year 1995. Since then it has been published for the years 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 and hereafter annually.