Luxembourg crime rates in 2025: stable overall, but violence and theft rose

Luxembourg’s 2025 crime picture is not a simple story of “more crime” or “less crime”. The Grand Ducal Police handled 41,489 cases last year, up 1.3% from 2024, while the number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants remained unchanged at 6,005. In other words, the overall police-recorded crime rate was broadly stable once population growth is taken into account.

Under that stable headline, the composition of crime changed in ways that matter for daily life and public perception. Violent robberies rose 30.8%, from 559 cases in 2024 to 731 in 2025. Police said they responded with more prevention and visible presence at strategic locations, and reported 85 perpetrators apprehended and 211 identified.

Theft remains the largest everyday category. Police recorded 20,355 theft cases in 2025, up 11.9%. Of those, 13,945 were simple thefts, up 14.2% in one year. The police partly link the increase to more simple-theft declarations through the e-commissariat, but the figures also match recent warnings about pickpocketing and theft around public transport and busy urban areas.

Domestic violence is another area moving in the wrong direction. Police interventions rose from 1,178 in 2024 to 1,297 in 2025, an increase of 10.1%, and expulsions increased by 16.4%. Voluntary assault and battery also rose, from 3,960 to 4,111 cases, a 3.81% increase. This continues the broader concern identified in the 2023 statistics, when police already described violent facts such as assaults and domestic-violence interventions as rising.

Other categories improved. Fraud fell 13%, vandalism declined 2%, offences against officers dropped 21.2%, and burglaries in unoccupied homes fell 7.5%, from 496 to 459 cases. Drug-related figures also moved down: trafficking cases fell 19.5%, possession cases 25.2%, and consumption cases 37.4%. At the same time, police apprehended 216 suspected drug dealers in 2025.

Burglaries show why the detail matters. Break-ins in unoccupied premises fell, but burglaries of occupied homes, apartments and cellars rose slightly from 1,539 to 1,576. Police identified 223 perpetrators in this area and made 132 arrests in the act, while continuing to stress prevention.

The operational response grew with the workload. Police deployed 71,700 patrols in 2025, up from 68,000. The online police station recorded 12,632 declarations, 850 more than the year before, and the 113 emergency call centre received about 155,000 calls, up 15,000 in one year. The force counted 3,383 members on 1 January 2026, including 2,592 police officers and 791 civilian staff.

The best reading of the data is therefore nuanced: Luxembourg’s overall police-recorded crime rate did not jump in 2025, but the pressure points are clearer. Violence linked to robberies, domestic incidents, everyday theft and occupied-home burglaries are the areas most likely to shape residents’ sense of security, even as fraud, vandalism, some burglary categories and drug offences declined.