Crime & Safety
Crime in Switzerland
Police-recorded offences in Switzerland, with official sources and related data collections.
Recorded offences under the Swiss Criminal Code · 2025
1.5% fewer offences than in 2024
2009: 553,421 recorded offences
What does the number mean?
This is the number of offences recorded by police under the Swiss Criminal Code during 2025. It counts offences, not people. It excludes unreported crime and offences recorded solely under other laws, such as the Narcotics Act. The comparable nationwide Police Crime Statistics series begins in 2009.
Explore official data sources
These original publisher tables provide the foundation for later historical charts, canton comparisons and more detailed topic pages.
- Recorded crime by canton
Offences by year, canton, offence category, completion and detection.
- Domestic violence
Police-recorded domestic violence offences and their history.
- Digital crime
Digital offences by type of method used.
- Criminal convictions
Adult convictions by offence. A separate measure from police-recorded crime.
- Prison populations
Reference-day number of people in Swiss prisons.
- Victim assistance
Victim consultations by canton.
How this section will grow
The next stage will add verified historical charts and canton comparisons from the same published sources. Related subjects such as convictions, victims and prisons will remain distinct measures.
Source: Federal Statistical Office, Police Crime Statistics 2025, published 23 March 2026. Individual source collections may use different definitions, units and update years.