Czechia: crime and justice

How much crime is there in Czechia?

Police in Czechia registered 170,051 crimes in 2025, 3,271 (1.9%) fewer than in 2024, according to the Czech Statistical Office, using Police of the Czech Republic statistics. 45.2% were solved.

Property and economic crime fell, while sexual offences rose 8.8% to about 3,700, including 1,086 reported rapes. The most common crimes investigated were fraud, obstructing an official decision (for example driving while banned) and shoplifting. Police figures count crimes reported or detected, so changes in reporting affect them.

Official sources: CZSO: Kriminalita v Česku loni mírně klesla

How many murders are there in Czechia?

Police registered 156 murders in Czechia in 2025, within 13,752 violent crimes, according to the Czech Statistical Office. In the international series, UNODC data published by the World Bank give 0.8 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023.

The Czech police category of murder includes attempted murders, so it is higher than the number of victims killed. UNODC's homicide rate counts completed killings only, which is why the two figures differ.

Official sources: CZSO: Kriminalita v Česku loni mírně klesla · World Bank: intentional homicides per 100,000 people, Czechia

How many prisoners are there in Czechia?

Czech prisons held 19,359 people on 31 December 2025, 71 fewer than a year earlier, according to the Czech Statistical Office. Of these, 1,651 were on remand, 17,590 were serving sentences and 118 were in secure detention.

The number of people finally convicted by the courts rose 3.3% to 47,980 in 2025, according to justice statistics cited by the CZSO. The Prison Service publishes monthly prison population figures and capacity.

Official sources: CZSO: Kriminalita v Česku loni mírně klesla · Prison Service of the Czech Republic

What is the murder rate in Czechia?

In 2023, the intentional homicide rate in Czechia was 0.8 per 100,000, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Since 2005 it has ranged from 0.4 per 100,000 (2021) to 1.3 per 100,000 (2006). Europe & Central Asia median: 1.0 per 100,000; Czechia is 26th highest of 35. World rank, highest first: 64th of 79.

How many women are killed in Czechia?

0.8 per 100,000: that is the homicide rate for women in Czechia for 2023, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Its high point since 2005 was 2007, at 1.0 per 100,000; its low point was 2021, at 0.5 per 100,000. Europe & Central Asia median: 0.7 per 100,000; Czechia is 13th highest of 36. World rank, highest first: 45th of 78.

How many men are killed in Czechia?

The latest figure from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, for 2023, is 0.7 per 100,000. Its high point since 2005 was 2006, at 1.5 per 100,000; its low point was 2021, at 0.4 per 100,000. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 1.3 per 100,000, and Czechia placed 35th highest of 36. World rank, highest first: 72nd of 78.