Victims of criminal offences in Denmark 2022, by type of offence and gender

Whereas the most common crime experienced by both men and women in Denmark was violent crimes, a significantly higher number of the victims of sexual offences and other types of crimes were women. In detail, there were 5,200 female victims of sexual offences in 2022, compared to only 600 male victims. Moreover, nearly 3,800 women reported that they had been victims of other types of crimes, whereas the same number for men was just above 700.