One in five crime victims in the Netherlands suffers psychological problems

In 2025, 20% of crime victims said the offence left them with emotional or psychological problems, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports. The figures come from the Veiligheidsmonitor 2025, a survey held every two years among people aged 15 or older.

Online threats and intimidation hit hardest: 40% of those victims had psychological problems. Violent crime followed at 32%. CBS says victims of crimes that come close, through a known offender or in their own neighbourhood, relatively often have psychological problems as a result.

Online threats and violence most often leave psychological problems

% of victims

Online threats and violence most often leave psychological problems (% of victims). Highest: Online threats or intimidation, 40; lowest: Online scams and fraud, 11.6; 6 items. Source: CBS, Veiligheidsmonitor 2025.

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Data: Online threats and violence most often leave psychological problems

Item	% of victims
Online threats or intimidation	40
Violent crime	32.2
Property crime	19.5
Vandalism	14.6
Hacking	14.5
Online scams and fraud	11.6

Known offenders and the neighbourhood

Online threats by a known offender led to psychological problems in 54% of victims, against 27% when the offender was unknown. For violent crime the shares were 46% and 25%.

Place matters too. Of victims of vandalism in their own neighbourhood, 17% had psychological problems, against 8% elsewhere. Among burglary victims the share was 30%.

Injury and money problems

Among victims of property crime who were physically injured, 72% had psychological problems, against 19% of those without injury. Of scam and fraud victims who ran into financial problems, 39% had psychological problems, against 9% of those who did not.