Luxembourg: crime and justice

How much crime is there in Luxembourg?

The Grand Ducal Police recorded 64,626 offences in 2025, up from 61,976 in 2024, according to Luxembourg in Figures 2026 from STATEC. Offences against goods numbered 43,603, including 3,808 burglaries and 20,647 other thefts. Offences against people numbered 11,838, of which 5,189 were acts of violence.

Recorded offences have more than doubled since 2010, when there were 30,532. The figures count offences reported to or detected by police, so they depend on reporting and recording practice as well as on crime itself. The totals also include offences that are neither against goods nor against people.

Official sources: STATEC: Luxembourg in Figures 2026 (PDF)

What is the homicide rate in Luxembourg?

Police in Luxembourg recorded 2 intentional homicides in 2024, a rate of 0.3 per 100,000 people, according to Eurostat. There were 4 in 2023 (0.61 per 100,000) and 9 in 2022 (1.39 per 100,000).

With so few cases, the rate can swing sharply from year to year, so a single year says little about the trend. The figures follow the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes and count offences recorded by police, not convictions.

Official sources: Eurostat: police-recorded intentional homicide, Luxembourg

How many prisoners are there in Luxembourg?

628 people were held in Luxembourg's prisons in 2024, or 93.45 per 100,000 people, according to Eurostat. That was up from 605 in 2023. The official prison capacity was 932 places in 2024.

The count is of all persons held, including people awaiting trial as well as those serving sentences. Rates per 100,000 use the resident population. Official capacity is the number of places prisons are designed to hold.

Official sources: Eurostat: prison capacity and persons held, Luxembourg

How many police officers does Luxembourg have?

Luxembourg had 2,658 police officers in 2024, or 395.51 per 100,000 people, according to Eurostat, up from 2,562 in 2023.

The figures come from Eurostat's data on personnel in the criminal justice system, which counts police officers as an occupation. Rates per 100,000 are calculated on the resident population. The Grand Ducal Police also publishes recorded crime figures, which STATEC reproduces in Luxembourg in Figures.

Official sources: Eurostat: police officers, Luxembourg

What is the homicide rate in Luxembourg?

1.5 per 100,000: that is the intentional homicide rate in Luxembourg for 2022, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Since 2005 it has ranged from 0.2 per 100,000 (2013) to 2.0 per 100,000 (2010). Europe & Central Asia median: 1.1 per 100,000; Luxembourg is 10th highest of 38. World rank, highest first: 58th of 99.

What is the female homicide rate in Luxembourg?

In 2022, the homicide rate for women in Luxembourg was 1.5 per 100,000, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Its high point since 2006 was 2010, at 2.0 per 100,000; its low point was 2019, at 0.3 per 100,000. It is 6th highest of 39 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 0.7 per 100,000. Worldwide: 40th of 94.

What is the male homicide rate in Luxembourg?

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime puts the homicide rate for men in Luxembourg at 1.5 per 100,000 in 2022. The peak was 2.1 per 100,000 in 2006 and the low 0.3 per 100,000 in 2020. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 1.4 per 100,000, and Luxembourg placed 19th highest of 39. Worldwide: 64th of 93.