Metropolitan France vs Spain: Crimes recorded by the police by offence category

Metropolitan France
3.59 million Number
in 2007
Spain
2.31 million Number
in 2007
Metropolitan France rank
2nd
Spain rank
5th

Crimes recorded by the police by offence category over time

  • Metropolitan France
  • Spain
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M199320002007

How they compare

Metropolitan France currently reports 3.59 million Number against 2.31 million Number in Spain, a difference of 1.28 million Number.

That makes Metropolitan France's figure about 1.6 times Spain's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Metropolitan France has been ahead every year.

Metropolitan France ranks 2nd and Spain ranks 5th of 44 countries.

Metropolitan France has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Metropolitan France Spain Difference Ahead
1990s 3.66 million Number 1.74 million Number 1.93 million Number Metropolitan France
2000s 3.85 million Number 2.15 million Number 1.71 million Number Metropolitan France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher crimes recorded by the police by offence category, Metropolitan France or Spain?
Metropolitan France, at 3.59 million Number against 2.31 million Number in Spain as of 2007.
What is the difference in crimes recorded by the police by offence category between Metropolitan France and Spain?
1.28 million Number, with Metropolitan France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Metropolitan France and Spain?
15 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2007.
How do Metropolitan France and Spain rank globally for crimes recorded by the police by offence category?
Metropolitan France ranks 2nd and Spain ranks 5th of 44 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Eurostat, published as Crimes recorded by the police by offence category (1993-2007). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Metropolitan France vs Spain: Crimes recorded by the police by offence category. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/crimes-recorded-by-the-police-by-offence-category-1993-2007/metropolitan-france/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/crimes-recorded-by-the-police-by-offence-category-1993-2007/metropolitan-france/spain/">Metropolitan France vs Spain: Crimes recorded by the police by offence category</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Crimes recorded by the police by offence category (1993-2007)
Unit
Number
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
47 places, 654 data points, 1993–2007
Last refreshed