Recorded kidnapping rate
Tier C· IndicativePolice-recorded kidnapping offences per 100,000 population (Eurostat, European countries only). Recorded, not actual — see the caution.
100 = fewest RECORDED kidnapping offences among covered European countries, 0 = most (recorded ≠ actual — see caution)
Low reliability (Tier C — Survey / proxy). Survey-based, patchy, or proxy metric. Indicative only — coverage gaps and methodology limits are significant. Not a definitive ranking.
Mixed reference years (2012–2024). This metric uses each country's most recent available year, so countries are not all measured in the same year — cross-country comparison is weakened. Each row shows its own reference year.
How this score is built
These are POLICE-RECORDED offences — not actual crime. A recorded rate is how many offences police *recorded* per 100,000 people. That depends on (1) how many victims report, (2) how police record incidents, and (3) how the offence is legally defined — and all three vary enormously between countries. So a high recorded rate can mean more crime or more reporting / broader law, and a low rate can mean victims simply don't come forward. Recorded-crime rates partly measure institutional trust, not just crime. Read this as an institutional signal, never a danger ranking, and never as "crime level".
Scope: European reporting countries only (Eurostat; roughly three dozen countries). There is no Americas, Asia, Africa, or Oceania data here — those are shown as "no data", not filled in.
Why homicide is Tier A but this is Tier C: bodies are hard to conceal and the definition of homicide converges internationally, so homicide counts are comparable — the international gold standard. Recorded counts of other offences are not.
Direction is higher_worse and we percentile-rank (100 = fewest recorded among covered countries, 0 = most). Latest year per country; earlier years form the sparkline.
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100 = fewest RECORDED kidnapping offences among covered European countries, 0 = most (recorded ≠ actual — see caution)
The map is mostly grey because only 35 countries have data — this is expected, not a rendering error.
Ranking
35 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.
| Rank ↑ | Country | Score | Raw value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CroatiaHRV | 9090 | 0 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 1st | CyprusCYP | 9090 | 0 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 1st | EstoniaEST | 9090 | 0 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 1st | FinlandFIN | 9090 | 0 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 1st | LiechtensteinLIE | 9090 | 0 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 1st | LithuaniaLTU | 9090 | 0 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 1st | MaltaMLT | 9090 | 0 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 8th | CzechiaCZE | 78.5779 | 0.03 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 9th | HungaryHUN | 75.7176 | 0.04 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 10th | Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH | 71.4371 | 0.05 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 10th | SloveniaSVN | 71.4371 | 0.05 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 12th | SwitzerlandCHE | 67.1467 | 0.1 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 13th | AustriaAUT | 64.2964 | 0.11 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 14th | AlbaniaALB | 6060 | 0.14 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 14th | SerbiaSRB | 6060 | 0.14 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 16th | ItalyITA | 55.7156 | 0.2 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 17th | SpainESP | 52.8653 | 0.21 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 18th | LatviaLVA | 5050 | 0.48 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 19th | North MacedoniaMKD | 47.1447 | 0.49 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 20th | PolandPOL | 44.2944 | 0.65 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 21st | SlovakiaSVK | 41.4341 | 0.7 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 22nd | GreeceGRC | 38.5739 | 0.75 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 23rd | KosovoUNK | 35.7136 | 0.84 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 24th | MontenegroMNE | 32.8633 | 0.96 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 25th | BulgariaBGR | 3030 | 1.44 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 26th | RomaniaROU | 27.1427 | 1.91 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 27th | IrelandIRL | 24.2924 | 2.26 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 28th | NetherlandsNLD | 21.4321 | 2.73 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 29th | PortugalPRT | 18.5719 | 3.03 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 30th | SwedenSWE | 15.7116 | 4.46 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 31st | LuxembourgLUX | 12.8613 | 4.76 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 32nd | FranceFRA | 1010 | 5.72 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 33rd | GermanyDEU | 7.147 | 6.1 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 34th | BelgiumBEL | 4.294 | 10.31 per 100,000 population (recorded) |
| 35th | TürkiyeTUR | 1.431 | 17.97 per 100,000 population (recorded) |