Justice Statistics
Used as indicator
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
Incident
Incident
Data about crimes registered by the police, by type of crime (offences against persons; offences against property; offences against cultural identity and personal integrity; offences against life in society; offences against state; offences contained in secondary legislation), gender disaggregated, age group and geographical location. There is also data about the crime, registered by suspects (sex and age group) and victims (sex and age group).
Criminal statistics on sexual violence
Criminal statistical data included
Data related to suspects by type of crime, desegregated by gender, age group and geographical locations and suspects arrested related to this crimes: rape, child/teenagers/dependents sexual abuse and child pornography.
Characteristics
Reference period
1 quarter through dynamic reports available on line
Frequency of updating
Validation
No information available
Compilation
Statistics compiled from three main sources: data returns submitted by police forces; data extracts from court data base administrative system; data from the entities responsible for the execution of sentences and social reintegration (DGRS).
Quality assurance process
Data is collected from a respectable source (courts and police) with proper validation procedures (information; structure and content)
Accuracy
No information available
Reliability
No information available
Timeliness
Good. The results available in online reports refer to each year. In dynamic reports also available on line there is updated data (in some subjects) every three months.
Comparability
- Geographical
- Over time
- None
Current developments
No information available
External link
Statistics Portugal
A computer transfer process collects the data from courts directly to DGPJ database, as well as data from police (Public Security Police and Judicial Police). The data from the Republican National Guard (GNR) is collected thought the M262 model in an excel file.