Number of burglaries dramatically down over the decade in Latvia
Data indicates a significant long-term decline in burglary rates across the European Union, with Latvia showing a particularly impressive downward trend over the last decade. While residential burglaries saw a slight increase in recent years, the overall 10-year trajectory remains positive.
The good news is that over the medium term, the number of burglaries recorded in the EU is falling, and quite impressively so in Latvia's case. In 2024, police recorded 1.20 million burglary offences in the EU, of which 721 876 (60.3%) were burglaries of private residential premises. Compared with 2023, burglaries decreased by 2.6% (-32 589 cases) and residential burglaries by 0.5% (-3 736). Data show a downward trend in both types of offences over the last decade. Burglaries declined by 35.4% in 2024, from 1.86 million cases in 2014, registering a continuous decrease until 2021 (1.1 million), when it reached the lowest value in the 10-year analysis. Compared with 2014, residential burglaries dropped in 2024 by 38.1%, from 1.17 million cases in 2014, recording the same evolution as the main category. In 2021, the number of police-recorded burglaries of private residences reached the lowest level in a decade, at 642 244 cases, increasing again in the following 2 years. In Latvia the number of burglaries fell very slightly from 2 376 in 2023 to 2 330 in 2024. However, looking back further, significant progress can be seen. A decade ago in 2016, more than 6,000 burglaries were recorded. The figure has fallen in every subsequent year. Photo: Eurostat Burglaries in Latvia 2016-2024
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