Accessibility and clarity

Release calendar

The publication date appears in the release calendar. The date is confirmed in the weeks before.

Release calendar access

The Release Calender can be accessed on our English website: Release Calender.

User access

Statistics are always published at 8:00 a.m. at the day announced in the release calendar. No one outside of Statistics Denmark can access the statistics before they are published.

News release

The statistics are published in: News from Statistics Denmark

Publications

The statistics are published annually in the publication Kriminalitet (Criminality)

On-line database

The statistics are published in StatBank under the subject Living conditions, Criminal offences, Reported criminal offences, where the following tables can be found with quarterly figures: · STRAF10: Reported criminal offences by type of offence · STRAF11: Reported criminal offences by region and type of offence . STRAF12: Reported criminal offences, seasonal adjusted by type of offence

Micro-data access

Data on reported criminal offences are kept as ready-made quarterly and annual files containing basic information at journal number level. Furthermore, detailed tables are available at code number level for the specific crime codes of the reported criminal offence and counties.

Other

Data are not available in other ways.

Confidentiality - policy

Data Privacy Policy in Statistics Denmark.

Confidentiality - data treatment

The statistics on reported criminal offences does not include information identifying persons or enterprises. Therefore no aggregation or similar is done to secure confidentiality. However, the classification of the criminal offences is very detailed. Hence, they are grouped in the publishing in order to improve clarity.

Documentation on methodology

A description of the statistical method may be found in the annual publication Kriminalitet (Criminality): Concepts and sources of the statistics (danish only).

Quality documentation

Results from the quality evaluation of products and selected processes are available in detail for each statistics and in summary reports for the Working Group on Quality.