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Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in 2008–2012

		2008	2009 2)	2010 2)	2011 2)	2012 2)
ALL OFFENCES 1)		440 711	441 416	431 623	458 251	425 421
A Offences against property		256 667	255 619	247 299	259 771	237 609
Burglaries total		40 777	40 715	38 555	39 704	35 046
- from a dwelling		5 978	6 497	6 453	6 672	6  281
	- from a free-time residence	1 588	1 675	1 537	1 825	1 478
	- from another dwelling	4 390	4 822	4 916	4 847	4 803
- from business premises		4 407	4 477	4 091	4 537	4 001
- from a motor vehicle		16 143	15 032	13 526	13 853	10 738
- other theft through unlawful breaking into		14 249	14 709	14 485	14 642	14 026
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total		13 804	12 188	11 150	11 983	8 815
- unauthorised theft of a motor vehicle		1 645	1 574	1 438	1 574	1 146
- unauthorised use of a motor vehicle		1 086	1 000	924	945	846
- aggravated unauthorised use of a motor vehicle		1	3	2	–	2
- theft of use of a motor vehicle		11 017	9 568	8 749	9 443	6 802
- aggravated theft of use of a motor vehicle		55	43	37	21	19
Robberies total		1 696	1 640	1 508	1 622	1 616
- aggravated robbery		180	212	156	208	218
Damages to property total		56 566	50 709	49 160	54 970	44 417
- aggravated damage to property		253	212	243	227	239
Embezzlements total		3 436	3 182	3 303	3 229	3 272
- aggravated embezzlement		260	270	331	291	374
Frauds total		16 052	17 422	15 860	17 794	20 946
- aggravated fraud		953	987	957	1 149	1 052
B Crimes against life and health		37 613	35 753	35 715	42 919	40 853
Manslaughter, murder or homicide		132	114	110	114	89
Attempted manslaughter, murder or homicide		363	366	308	306	350
Assaults total		34 803	32 895	33 082	40 171	38 231
- aggravated assault		2 256	2 105	1 996	2 053	1 874
C Sexual offences		2 906	2 205	2 417	3 252	3 511
Sexual exploitation of a child		1 321	1 068	1 102	1 682	1 567
Rape		915	660	818	1 039	1 009
D Crimes against public authority and public peace		14 521	14 053	13 566	14 417	14 361
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties		1 935	1 711	1 682	1 947	1 852
- of which against the police		1 722	1 592	1 503	1 766	1 678
Impeding an official		2 466	2 260	2 161	2 310	2 183
- of which against the police		2 413	2 194	2 109	2 268	2 130
E Certain traffic offences		61 070	56 833	53 423	54 098	48 005
Drunken driving total		25 819	23 350	21 130	21 459	19 134
- aggravated drunken driving		13 783	12 294	11 242	11 409	10 333
F Other offences		67 934	76 953	79 203	83 794	81 082
Narcotics offences total		15 482	18 524	19 724	20 394	20 102
- aggravated narcotics offence		789	922	1 083	1 036	1 025
Alcohol offence/Minor alcohol offence		3 081	2 987	4 053	5 121	4 601

1) Excl. endangerment of traffic safety, hit-and-run, traffic infraction, violation of social welfare legislation on road traffic and motor vehicle infraction.
2) The figures for 2009 to 2012 also include offences recorded by the customs and border guard.

Source: Offences known to the police 2012. Statistics Finland

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Updated 2.4.2013