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Number of reported assaults grew by 7.4 per cent in 2025

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release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2025, 4th quarter

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, a total of 547,700 offences against the Criminal Code were recorded by the police, customs and border guard in 2025, which is 4.9 per cent more than one year earlier. The number of reported assaults was 44,600, which is 7.4 per cent more than in the year before.

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  • According to preliminary data for 2025, a total of 84 offences against life were reported, which is five fewer than in 2024.
  • Good 1,300 cases of sexual harassment were reported, which is good 100 cases fewer than in 2024. Of the acts, 400 were committed on the Internet.
  • A total of 2,600 reports were made about dissemination or possession of a sexually offensive image of a child or following a sexually offensive performance of a child, which is 94.5 per cent more than in the previous year. Over 90 per cent of the acts were committed on the Internet.
  • Offences committed on the Internet may in particular result in several offence reports.

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  • Municipality
  • Offence group and specifier for criminal act
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  • Reports of offences and fines
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  • Authority
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  • Offence group and specifier for criminal act
  • Reports of offences and fines
  • Wellbeing services county
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  • Task
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on offences and coercive measures [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, 4th quarter. ISSN=2342-9178. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 30.1.2026].
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