Birth cohort crime rates
How big a share of the different birth cohorts have been found guilty of criminal law offences? Are younger birth cohorts engaging in more or less criminal activity? The statistics show the number of people in the individual birth cohorts who have been found guilty of criminal offences.
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People who are born the same year.
Selected statistics on Birth cohort crime rates
Development in the crime rate of selected birth cohorts (men)
The statistics include all convictions which are registered in the Central Criminal Register at the time the extract to Statistics Denmark is done. Data are stored in Statistics Denmarks's Register of Convictions and combined with information from Statistics Denmark's Population Register.
Development in the crime rate of selected birth cohorts (women)
The statistics include all convictions which are registered in the Central Criminal Register at the time the extract to Statistics Denmark is done. Data are stored in Statistics Denmarks's Register of Convictions and combined with information from Statistics Denmark's Population Register.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The purpose of the statistics is to analyse the number of persons from each birth cohort who have been found guilty in violation of the penal code during their lifetime. The statistics on birth cohort crime 2023 covers the birth cohorts 1965-2007.