Comparability

Comparability - geographical

No international comparable statistics on offences committed by minors below the age of criminal responsibility are available.

Comparability over time

The statistics have been prepared on the same basis since 2005. In general the statistics is therefore comparable since that.

On January 1, 2018, the special burglary-section 276a was introduced into the Criminal Code. The new section meant that the removal of things from a foreign house was now also termed burglary, only the presence in the house had been unjustified. It was therefore no longer a condition for the presence to be obtained by force for example by breaking up windows or doors. In practice, it meant that a large number of reported crimes that were previously theft were now categorized as burglaries.

Coherence - cross domain

Since 2019, the Youth Crime Board has published annual reports on youth crime. Read more here (only available in Danish): Youth crime Board.

Coherence - internal

Data are internally consistent.