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 measures
Updated: 17/10/2024

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Releases

Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2024, 3rd quarter | Release
Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2024, 2nd quarter | Release
Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2023, domestic violence and intimate partner violence | Release
Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2023, reported offences | Release
Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2024, 1st quarter | Release

Future releases

Figures

See key statistical data in the figures.

Victims and suspects of offences by sex, type of offence and age of suspect in 2009 to 2023

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*

Tables

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Municipal parking supervision

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 statistics

Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on offences and coercive measures [online publication].
ISSN=2342-9178. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 21.12.2024].
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