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Population and societyNumber of assaults by persons aged under 15 grew by 23.4 per cent in 2021
release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2021Change
New database tables were added to the statistics on offences and coercive measures. Old tables were moved to the archive.
Read more about the changeAccording to Statistics Finland's data, 127,800 theft offences were recorded by the police, customs and border guard during 2021. The number of reported rape offences grew by 27.7 per cent. The number of assaults by persons aged under 15 grew by 23.4 per cent from the year before.
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- The number of suspects of solved assaults aged under 15 was slightly under 2,200. This is 23.4 per cent more than one year earlier
- Eighty-seven per cent of the suspects of solved assaults aged under 15 were boys.
- In cases of assaults committed by persons aged under 15, the victim was underage in approximately 80 per cent of cases.
- The number of offences against the Criminal Code recorded by the authorities fell by 11.2 per cent from 2020.
Change
New database tables were added to the statistics on offences and coercive measures. Old tables were moved to the archive.
Read more about the changeStatistics used in the release
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- Offence group and specifier for criminal act
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- Property category
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- Victims age
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- Industry (TOL 2008)
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- Suspect's age
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- Offence group and specifier for criminal act
- Suspect's sex
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- Suspect's age
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- Suspect's sex
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Victims of certain offences by age and region
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- Victim’s age
- Victim's sex
- Offence
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Persons suspected of offences by intoxicant
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- Suspect's sex
- Offence
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Persons suspected of offences by level of education
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- Suspect's age
- Suspect's sex
- Offence
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Certain police tasks by municipality
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- Offence
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Persons suspected of solved offences by main activity
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- Suspect's sex
- Offence
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Persons suspected of solved offences by age gruop and municipality
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- Offence
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Persons suspected of solved offences by the most aggravated crime of year and municipality
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- Suspect's age
- Offence
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Persons suspected of offences by disposable income
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- Suspect's sex
- Decile
- Offence
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Persons suspected of solved offences by nationality, age and place of residence
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- Suspect's age
- Offence
- Country of permanent residence
- Nationality
- Suspect's sex
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- Nationality
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- Offence
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Persons suspected of offences by socio-economic group
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- Suspect's sex
- Offence
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- Suspect's age
- Background country
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International Classification of Crimes ICCS
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Persons suspected of offences by International Classification of Crimes ICCS
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Crimes and their clearance from
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- Offence
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Plaintiffs of offences by industry (TOL2008) and region
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- Offence
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Crimes and their clearance after Crime nomenclature
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- Police department
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Offences by municipality and region per population
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- Offence
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Persons suspected of solved offences by calculation method, age and sex
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Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics at the time of production of the release
Referencing instructions
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on offences and coercive measures [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. ISSN=2342-9178. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 25.4.2024].
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