Every year, more than 400,000 criminal offences are reported to the police.Some people also violate the sections of the traffi c legislation and are caught for speed-ing or drunk driving. Approximately 275,000 persons are charged with violating the Road Traffic Act every year.

Several times a year the police publish various statistics on crime in Denmark. They are available on the website of the police at www.politi.dk under the menu called “statistik”.