Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2021

Number of assaults by persons aged under 15 grew by 23.4 per cent in 2021

09/06/2022 release

According 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.

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Municipal parking supervision(External link)

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Offences recorded and their solving by offence category according to the municipality of offence and year of reporting(External link)

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Offences recorded and their solving by offence category and wellbeing services county, change percentages(External link)

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Offences recorded and their solving by offence heading according to the investigating authority(External link)

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Offences recorded by year of reporting, figures relative to the population in the area of the offence(External link)

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Offences recorded by case classification(External link)

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Property reported as stolen in theft offences(External link)

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Targets of stealing of a motor vehicle for temporary use (Criminal Code, Chapter 28, Section 9a-c) (External link)

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Police, Customs and Border Guard tasks(External link)

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Duration of the proceedings and the time from the event to the report of the offence by investigating authority(External link)

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Victims of certain offences by age, sex, wellbeing services county according to the calculation method and year of reporting(External link)

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Persons suspected of certain offences by the victim's age and sex and year of reporting(External link)

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Plaintiffs of offences by sex, age, wellbeing services county, calculation method and year of reporting(External link)

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Plaintiffs of offences by industry (TOL2008) and wellbeing services county, legal person(External link)

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Suspects of solved offences by the municipality of offence and year of solving, number and share of suspects(External link)

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Suspects of solved offences by the wellbeing services county of offence and year of solving, number and change percentages(External link)

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Suspects of solved offences by age, sex, municipality of offence and year of solving, total number of offences and the most aggravated offence of the suspect(External link)

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Persons suspected of offences by intoxicant(External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences by main type of activity, calculation method and year of solving, number and share of population(External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences by education, calculation method and year of solving, number and share of population (External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences by socio-economic group, calculation method and year of solving, number and share of population (External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences by disposable income(External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences by nationality, age, country of residence, calculation method and year of solving, number data(External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences by nationality, wellbeing services county, country of residence, calculation method and year of solving, number data(External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences living permanently in Finland by nationality, age, sex, calculation method and year of solving per 1,000 population(External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences living permanently in Finland by nationality, wellbeing services county, by calculation method and year of solving per 10,000 population (External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences by origin and age(External link)

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Offences recorded by the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), year of reporting and the municipality of offence(External link)

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Persons suspected of solved offences by the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), year of solving, age, sex and nationality(External link)

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Victims of offences and plaintiffs by the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), year of report, age and sex(External link)

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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: 12.6.2026].

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Kimmo Haapakangas

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Hannele Orjala

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