Arrests for religiously inspired terrorism continue torepresent the largest proportion of the total arrests in the
EU. Their number rose from 159 (2012), to 216 (2013), to
395 (2014). The rise was due to the increased number of
arrests for terrorist offences related to travelling to conflict
zones, mainly to Syria. Of the total number of arrestees for
religiously inspired terrorism, 90% were younger than 40
years old. The majority of them (44% or 172) were under
25 years of age, a number almost twice as large as that of the