According to European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report in 2024, 58 terrorist attacks were recorded in the EU, of which 34 were completed, 5 failed, and 19 were foiled. 24 terrorist attacks were attributed to jihadist terrorism, most of them were perpetrated by lone actors (20 out of 24).
449 arrests were made for terrorism-related offences across 20 EU Member States.
14 Member States reported these 58 attacks (completed, failed and foiled). Most of the
attacks took place in Italy (20) and France (14), followed by Germany (6), Austria (3) Greece (3), Czechia (2), Denmark (2), Lithuania (2), Belgium (1), Ireland (1), Malta (1), Netherlands (1), Slovakia (1), and Spain (1).
For instance, data from previous years:
In 2010 - 249 attacks, 611 arrests;
In 2015 鈥� 211 attacks, 1077 arrests;
In 2019 鈥� 119 attacks, 1004 arrest;
Further reading:
Source:
European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend report 2025 (EU TE-SAT);
European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2016;
TE-SAT 2011: EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report;