Denomination Perpetrators Perpetration incidents
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1st half 2018 2nd half 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Child perpetrators (under 14 years of age) 2,588 2,779 2,715 2,604 2,197 1,488 1,375 1,662 1,409 873 300 1,826 1,734 1,763 2,352 2,523 4,350
Juvenile perpetrators (aged 14–17 years) 10,179 11,498 11,378 10,418 10,471 8,806 7,872 7,675 6,492 3,405 3,697 7,863 8,064 7,666 7,942 8,836 8,844
Young adult perpetrators (aged 18–24 years) 23,455 26,247 24,315 21,878 22,861 22,386 20,399 20,333 17,815 10,426 10,612 24,497 23,989 26,078 27,098 26,603 30,517
Adult perpetrators (25 years of age and older) 81,116 89,421 82,121 73,405 74,268 75,287 71,778 71,213 67,143 38,731 43,520 102,475 105,151 111,168 106,572 115,181 170,433
Totala 117,338 129,945 120,529 108,305 109,797 108,474 101,492 100,933 92,896 53,460 58,130 136,669 138,950 146,688 143,979 153,143 214,144
Of which: offenders 111,714 122,528 112,894 100,238 103,615 105,584 99,018 98,136 90,369 51,896 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Perpetrators per one hundred thousand inhabitants aged 14 years and overb 1,327 1,472 1,366 1,231 1,257 1,247 1,175 1,169 1,081 .. .. 1,596 1,627 1,726 1,691 1,845 2,587
Offenders per one hundred thousand inhabitants aged 14 years and overc 1,291 1,418 1,309 1,168 1,210 1,237 1,163 1,156 1,068 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Perpetrators / perpetration incidents by type of recidivisma
Perpetrators with a clean criminal recordd 74,689 95,259 88,294 79,745 81,187 84,757 76,418 77,318 70,377 40,979 43,114 99,644 98,708 105,599 97,669 105,006 163,255
Not recidivist 28,977 21,187 19,847 19,118 19,764 17,118 18,080 17,138 16,553 9,111 10,765 25,702 28,108 28,420 33,816 36,422 36,994
Recidivist 5,967 4,834 4,374 3,356 2,905 2,203 2,298 2,016 1,878 1,089 1,354 3,486 2,946 3,235 2,976 2,515 3,006
Habitual recidivist 3,234 4,192 4,067 2,936 2,885 2,014 2,077 2,005 1,817 1,026 1,531 3,770 3,952 4,381 3,996 4,596 5,839
Repeat offender 4,466 4,417 3,893 3,111 2,994 2,319 2,559 2,388 2,225 1,223 1,323 4,000 5,111 4,895 5,377 4,508 4,946
Repeat offender with a history of violence 5 56 54 39 62 63 60 68 46 32 43 67 125 158 145 96 104
Alcohol and drug use at perpetrators / perpetration incidentsa
Under the influence of alcohol 22,049 20,764 18,388 17,159 19,250 22,808 22,913 24,690 25,200 13,181 11,825 24,276 24,563 22,132 22,986 21,989 20,031
Under the influence of drugse 3,150 3,853 4,120 3,597 3,831 4,611 4,690 5,045 5,723 4,429 3,510 7,125 7,830 8,599 9,410 8,662 8,476
Under the influence of alcohol and drugse 178 108 133 96 59 76 111 80 122 63 92 196 234 277 401 378 349
Perpetrators / perpetration incidents by citizenshipf
Hungarian citizeng 112,738 125,163 115,076 103,075 105,564 103,033 96,256 93,836 88,719 51,213 55,028 132,140 130,795 141,319 137,047 145,078 206,958
Foreign citizen 4,600 4,782 5,453 5,230 4,233 5,441 5,236 7,097 4,177 2,247 3,099 4,507 8,081 5,346 6,830 8,014 7,149
Hungarian citizen perpetrators / Perpetration incidents by Hungarian citizens by educational attainmenta
Primary or lower 55,665 59,866 55,113 49,723 49,267 41,501 37,306 35,559 32,773 18,089 14,057 33,211 36,032 36,729 39,848 39,843 48,732
Secondary 45,185 48,675 37,845 25,396 26,156 33,097 33,130 32,268 30,859 17,335 15,270 30,749 37,248 35,339 35,143 36,015 47,254
Tertiary 5,492 5,622 5,299 4,628 4,630 5,316 4,649 4,649 4,424 2,709 2,474 4,834 6,045 11,984 7,839 11,433 33,430
Unknownh 6,396 11,000 16,819 23,328 25,511 23,119 21,171 21,360 20,663 13,080 23,227 63,346 51,470 57,267 54,217 57,787 77,542
Perpetrators / perpetration incidents by type of crimesa
Homicidei 331 302 325 272 302 260 214 234 189 115 53 143 239 176 263 370 357
Battery 6,533 7,528 6,626 6,404 6,511 5,606 5,307 4,948 4,527 2,524 2,957 6,826 7,570 7,441 7,311 7,018 6,752
Causing a road accident 3,037 2,808 2,369 2,263 2,183 2,401 2,476 2,734 2,503 1,447 1,135 2,573 2,820 2,435 3,128 2,705 2,501
Driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotic drugs 10,651 9,462 7,509 6,801 8,721 12,291 12,576 14,444 15,627 8,466 7,896 14,561 14,564 12,464 12,408 11,576 11,071
Endangering a minorj 760 786 753 618 556 581 603 585 561 335 405 948 1,125 1,348 1,404 1,423 1,405
Non-payment of alimony 2,712 3,052 2,922 2,669 2,520 2,367 2,071 2,026 1,874 995 513 1,140 1,273 1,205 1,133 1,126 1,152
Sexual violence .. .. .. .. 20 153 240 269 236 123 127 201 303 291 373 362 283
Sexual exploitation .. .. .. .. 5 24 53 39 34 30 13 34 72 59 84 62 83
Domestic violence .. .. .. .. 3 76 161 192 196 93 89 262 475 562 609 643 624
Assault on a public official or person entrusted with public functionsk 938 1,035 989 942 931 889 816 767 772 391 274 549 677 688 763 713 764
Public nuisance 12,078 14,044 13,843 13,928 14,985 14,890 14,415 13,186 11,911 6,364 4,617 10,412 10,964 10,880 11,377 11,214 10,432
Larceny 27,620 31,565 29,595 26,426 26,982 23,606 19,919 18,134 16,897 9,144 9,682 24,032 24,604 23,996 24,154 27,709 30,352
Embezzlement 2,224 2,682 2,447 2,147 2,032 1,821 1,526 1,388 1,166 706 750 1,390 2,092 1,339 1,647 1,419 1,413
Fraud 6,992 7,247 6,116 4,899 5,018 4,216 4,154 3,609 3,056 2,027 7,831 17,086 13,377 14,964 16,444 19,397 29,371
Robbery 1815 1928 1691 1444 1600 1337 1061 979 790 391 337 827 817 725 781 733 984
Vandalism 2271 2128 2283 1755 1298 1171 1183 1209 1165 680 1264 2311 2675 2997 3309 3515 3,636
Receiving stolen goods 744 896 896 701 856 926 861 711 498 331 172 386 431 299 157 65 11

Footnotes

aFrom 2014 including persons of unknown age.
bExcluding (perpetration incidents by) child perpetrators.
cFrom 2014 the base for the population ratio includes the number of punishable child perpetrators as well.
dIncluding (perpetration incidents by) perpetrators registered without data on recidivism.
eIncluding (perpetration incidents by) perpetrators under the influence of drugs, narcotic substances and from 2015 on new psychoactive substances.
fFrom 2014 including persons of unknown age, from the 2nd half of 2018 excluding those registered without data on citizenship.
gIncluding (perpetration incidents by) perpetrators with a dual citizenship.
hIncluding those who refused to answer.
iIncluding preparations and attempts as well as negligent homicides
jIncluding acts punishable on the basis of Section 195 of the Act IV of 1978 as well as Section 208 of the Act C of 2012.
kIncluding assault on a person aiding a public official or a person entrusted with public functions.
Source: Ministry of Interior, Chief Prosecutor's Department.
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