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    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

    This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Birth cohort crime rates. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

    Development in the crime rate of selected birth cohorts (men)

    Here you can see the development in the crime rate of five birth cohorts. The figure shows how big a percentage of a birth cohort that has been found guilty of a criminal law offence at different ages.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Birth cohorts (per 31. December 2024) (STRAFFO1)

    Development in the crime rate of selected birth cohorts (women)

    Here you can see the development in the crime rate of five birth cohorts. The figure shows how big a percentage of a birth cohort that has been found guilty of a criminal law offence at different ages.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Birth cohorts (per 31. December 2024) (STRAFFO1)
    HAVE YOU SEEN?
    The publication "Uden uddannelse"
    The publication describes how the group of people who have no education or training distinguish themselves in a number of ways from the group who have an education, including with respect to crime

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    Need more data on Birth cohort crime rates?

    You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find further details on the crime rates of birth cohorts broken down, for example, by type of offence.

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