Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2024

Number of solved offences and infractions decreased by 12 per cent in 2024

05/06/2025 release

According to Statistics Finland's data, a total of 539,700 offences and infractions were recorded by the police, customs and border guard in 2024, which is 1,800 (-0.3%) fewer than in the previous year. These authorities solved a total of 316,500 offences and infractions, which is 42,500 fewer than in 2023. The clearance rate of offences and infractions was 58.6 per cent.

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Altogether 89 offences against life were recorded in 2024, which is 32 more than in the previous year.
The median for the processing time of assault offences was 154 days for plaintiffs aged under 18, which is 22 days more than in the previous year.
The median for the processing time of assault offences was 94 days for suspects aged under 18, which is four days more than in the year before.
The number of persons with Finnish background suspected of offences against the Criminal Code decreased by 13.2 per cent and that of persons with foreign background increased by 13.7 per cent.

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Municipal parking supervision(External link)

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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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Police, Customs and Border Guard tasks(External link)

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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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Persons suspected of offences by intoxicant(External link)

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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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Property reported as stolen in theft offences(External link)

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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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Offences recorded by case classification(External link)

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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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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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27/05/2026

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Suspects of offences known by age, sex, origin and year of reporting(External link)

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27/05/2026

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Offences by year, month, day of the week and time of occurrence(External link)

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27/05/2026

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

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27/05/2026

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on offences and coercive measures [online publication].

Reference period: 2024. ISSN=2342-9178. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 29.6.2026].

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