Number of reported and charged sexual offences against children in Denmark 2013-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 24, 2022

Both the number of reported and charged cases of sexual offence against children below 15 years in Denmark peaked in 2018, when 435 cases were reported and 363 resulted in a charge. Since then, both the number of reported and charged cases declined. In 2021, 221 sexual offences against children were reported and a charge was taken out in 178 of these.

Number of reported and charged sexual offences against children below 15 years in Denmark from 2013 to 2021

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Denmark

Survey time period

2013 to 2021

Age group

Children under 15 years

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: 'The provisions of the Danish Criminal Code regarding sexual offences went through essential amendments taking effect from 1 July 2013. The amendments resulted in e.g. more categories of sexual offences than previously being placed under the provisions about rape (section 216)'.
As a result, numbers for this category are only reported since 2013.

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