the majority of crimes and misdemeanors still on the rise in 2023

The majority of crimes and misdemeanors increased in 2023, in particular attacks on people, according to a report from the statistical service of the Ministry of the Interior (SSMSI), published Wednesday January 31. Note that if most of the delinquency figures recorded by the national police and gendarmerie are increasing in 2023, the SSMSI notes a slowdown compared to 2022.

In detail, intentional assault and battery increased by 7% and rape and attempted rape by 10%. The increase in sexual violence (+8%), initiated since 2018, continues and reflects, according to the SSMSI, a greater propensity of victims to file a complaint in the wake of the Weinstein affair at the end of 2017 and the #MeToo movement of freedom of speech. However, only 5% of victims of sexual violence actually filed a complaint in 2021, according to the latest “Experienced and felt in terms of security” survey.

A notable drop in theft and violence on public transport

Homicides pass the symbolic bar of 1,000 victims (1,010, +5%) and attempted homicides explode (4,055, +13%). The increase in willful destruction and damage (+3%), the highest recorded since 2018, is driven by the explosion of these offenses during the week of urban riots (+140% between June 27 and July 3) following the death of Nahel, killed by a police officer in Nanterre.

Among the notable declines, theft and violence on public transport (-10% on average) even if sexual violence is increasing (+4%); violent thefts without weapons (-8%) and thefts without violence against people (-3%). The vast majority of perpetrators of crimes or offenses are aged 15 to 24.