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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.
    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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    Birth Cohort Crime

    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 2024 covers the birth cohorts 1965-2008.

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