Statistics on offences and coercive measures
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The statistics on offences and coercive measures describe offences by area and the coercive measures used by the police, customs and border guard. The data derive from the Ministry of Interior's police information system. The data are published four times and once a year.
Key figures
Offences against the penal code known to the authorities
42,151
September 2024, preliminary data
Statistics on offences and coercive measuresUpdated: 17/10/2024
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Victims and suspects of offences by sex, type of offence and age of suspect in 2009 to 2023
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Offences known to the authorities by ICCS category and classification of case in 2006 to 2023
Offences known to the authorities by offence category in 2020M01 to 2024M09*
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Municipal parking supervision
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Offences recorded according to the wellbeing services county 2024M09*
Documentation
Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics.
Go to documentation of the statisticsReferencing instructions
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on offences and coercive measures [online publication].
ISSN=2342-9178. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 21.11.2024].
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rikos@stat.fiKimmo Haapakangas
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029 551 3252