Crime in Denmark


Crime in Denmark is combated by the Danish Police and other agencies.

By type

Murder

In 2018, Denmark had a murder rate of 0.8 per 100,000 population. There were a total of 54 murders in Denmark in 2017.

Corruption

According to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 from Transparency International, Denmark, together with Finland and New Zealand, is one of the world's most transparent countries. Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer 2013 shows that the public does not consider corruption a major problem in Danish society, and bribes paid to access public benefits and services are virtually non-existent.

Organised crime

The criminal biker gangs Bandidos, Satudarah MC, Gremium MC, Loyal To Familia, Black Army and Hells Angels are present in Denmark.
In 2017, a gang war in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen culminated in multiple shooting incidents, which resulted in three deaths.

By location

, a blue-collar suburb in Copenhagen ranked as the most violent place in Denmark in 2009. The place with the fewest instances of reported violence was Christiansø, a tiny island north east of Bornholm.

Copenhagen

Crime statistics for Copenhagen in 2011 revealed a 26 percent drop in arrests for violent threats and attacks and a 22 percent drop in drug-related arrests since 2009. Crime statistics revealed a 24 percent rise in reported break-ins and home robberies in the city since 2009.

By ethnicity

At 4%, male migrants aged 15-64 with non-Western backgrounds had twice the conviction rate against the Danish Penal Code in 2018, compared to 2% for native born Danish men. In a given year, about 13% of all male descendants of non-Western migrants aged 17-24 are convicted against the penal code.

Resumption of border checks

On 4 January 2016, Denmark temporarily resumed checks along its borders with Germany and Sweden, previously open under the EU's Schengen zone agreement. The Danish government says the resumption of border checks is needed to help prevent cross-border crime, illegal immigration and drug trafficking.