criminal offense vs crime

criminal offense and crime both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

criminal offense (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