Quality

Data are validated through checks of

• consistency of breakdowns with totals
• consistency with previous year
• consistency between different sources (offences, victims, suspected, prosecuted, convicted), 
• 0 values and empty tables. 

In case of inconsistency, countries are invited to amend the data or provide explanations.

All the figures on offences, persons, and cases are presented in absolute numbers and related to the number of inhabitants in the country (per hundred thousands inhabitants).

Quality management

The Eurostat reference metadata listed below contain information on the quality management of the data.

• Crime and criminal justice
• Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 regions
• Court processes (data until 2022)
• Trafficking in human beings
• Smuggling of migrants

Previous quality reports