Every year the National Observatory for Crime and Punishment (ONDRP) and the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (l’Insee) release an extensive quantitative study of crime in France. By including unreported crimes the authors attempt to give a more accurate and in depth picture of the status of crime in France than police statistics, as well as trying to measure the population's fear of crime. As has been the case in previous years, only a small percentage said they had reported the crime to police. While most of the victims reported frauds of around €150, 13 percent of the victims said to have experienced more costly frauds of over €1,000. Only 23 percent of the victims reported the crime.

Source: The Local December 13, 2019 12:33 UTC