criminal offence vs crime

criminal offence and crime both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
criminal offence	Yes	No	No	No
crime	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, criminal offence and crime are synonyms defined as:

criminal offence and crime: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Other synonyms of criminal offence include criminal offense, law-breaking.

criminal offence (noun)	crime (noun)
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
	an evil act not necessarily punishable by law