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Police-Recorded Crime Statistics (PKS)

The Police-Recorded Crime Statistics document and display the development of criminal activities in Austria, based on the Austrian Penal Code (StGB) and supplementary penal provisions. All cases reported since 2001 have been registered electronically in the PKS. On the basis of these figures, strategies are developed. In order to combat crime effectively and sustainably, long-term trends as shown in the PKS have to be evaluated. The PKS serve crime prevention and prosecution purposes and are the basis for organisational planning and decision making.

Only statistical data on reported crimes are covered, i.e. only offences reported to the police and forwarded to the court. The "dark figure of crime" or outcomes of court proceedings are not included.

The PKS figures reflect the public's reporting behaviour, the intensity of police checks as well as any changes in legislation. Crime developments are assessed over a period of ten years.

The structure of the PKS is frequently adapted, due to changes in the legislation on the one hand, and due to current societal phenomena and new parameters that have to be considered on the other.

Brochures on Crime Development

Since 2013, Criminal Intelligence Service Austria has been publishing brochures containing the most important facts and figures of the Police-Recorded Crime Statistics as well as implemented and planned CID measures. The brochures are currently available in German only, but include an English summary.

• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2021
  
  •  Presseaussendung "Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2021" ( 129,6 KB)
  •  Präsentation „Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2021" ( 241 KB)
  •  Kriminalprävention 2021 ( 113,3 KB)
  •  Daten und Fakten über vollendete Morde an weiblichen Opfern 2021 ( 404,5 KB)
• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2020
  •  Presseaussendung „Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2020“ ( 149,9 KB)
  •  Präsentation „Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2020“ ( 258,3 KB)
• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2019
  •  Broschüre Sicherheit 2019 ( 5,2 MB)
• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2018
  •  Broschüre Sicherheit 2018 (3,49 MB)
• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2017
  •  Broschüre Sicherheit 2017 (1,8 MB)
• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2016
  •  Broschüre Sicherheit 2016 ( 3,8 MB)
• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2015
  •  Broschüre Sicherheit 2015 ( 35,7 MB)
• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2014
  •  Broschüre Sicherheit 2014 ( 1,6 MB)
• Police-Recorded Crime Statistics 2013
  •  Broschüre Kriminalitätsentwicklung 2013 ( 886,7 KB)

Annual Security Report

The annual security report provides extensive and detailed information on all detailed figures. It is elaborated by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice. It currently consists of four parts, and contains the statistics on reports and convictions of the respective year and the most important developments in crime control policy. These brochures are issued in German, only.

• Sicherheitsberichte  

Contact

If you need more information on statistics or if you have any questions, please contact the competent Sub-department for Crime Statistics at Criminal Intelligence Service Austria at kriminalstatistik@bmi.gv.at.

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