Published: 2026-02-01

Crime, Domestic Violence, and Family Security in Poland: Trends in Police Data, 2020–2023

Zbigniew Mikołajczyk Profil ORCID autora Zbigniew Mikołajczyk
Seminare
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1882

Abstract

Crime affects family security through direct victimisation, fear of crime, and disruption of family functioning. This article examines the scale and trends of crime relevant to family security in Poland between 2020 and 2023. It applies descriptive analysis to aggregated data from the National Police Information System (KSIP), covering national crime statistics, data for the Warsaw metropolitan area, crime detection rates, selected common and serious offences, and domestic violence. The interpretation is supplemented by the author’s twenty-five years of participant observation in investigative and preventive policing. Overall police-recorded crime peaked in 2022 and declined in 2023, while detection rates remained relatively stable at approximately 63–65%. The study identifies domestic violence as the most direct threat to family well-being: although the number of “Blue Card” forms decreased during the analysed period, the recorded number of minors affected by violence rose markedly in 2023. The findings support coordinated law-enforcement, preventive, educational, and social-support measures and further interdisciplinary research on family security.

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family security, crime trends, domestic violence, child victimisation, police crime statistics, crime detection, National Police Information System (KSIP), Poland

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Mikołajczyk, Z. (2026). Crime, Domestic Violence, and Family Security in Poland: Trends in Police Data, 2020–2023. Seminare, 47(1). https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1882

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