During 2022, 539,262 offences linked to a suspect were processed, which is a decrease of 44,856 (−8 %) in comparison with 2021. Since 2013, the number of processed offences linked to a suspect has increased by approximately 4 per cent. The most common crime category among the processed offences linked to a suspect in 2022, was Crimes against person, which constituted 26 per cent of the total. Other common offences were Crimes against the Narcotics Drugs Act (20 %), Theft and Robbery (10 %) and Crimes against the Road Traffic Offences Act (9 %).