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Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in 2012 to 2016

Offence	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
1) OFFENCES AND IFRACTIONS TOTAL	860,692	869,402	828,296	819,012	823,449
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	491,846	489,765	482,050	474,377	466,857
3) Offences A to F	425,421	424,786	417,898	413,233	411,725
A Offences against property	237,609	240,547	241,326	236,323	230,174
Burglaries total	35,046	32,514	33,972	34,106	33,251
Breaking into a residence	6,281	5,749	6,363	5,985	5,300
- into a free-time residence	1,478	1,791	1,840	1,683	1,227
- into another residence	4,803	3,958	4,523	4,302	4,073
Breaking into business premises	4,001	3,843	4,044	4,079	3,329
Breaking into a motor vehicle	10,738	9,597	9,253	9,441	8,654
Other burglaries	14,026	13,325	14,312	14,601	15,968
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	8,815	7,963	7,773	7,454	6,700
Robberies total	1,616	1,524	1,689	1,550	1,673
- aggravated robbery	218	196	216	266	277
Damages to property total	44,417	43,375	42,516	37,619	35,170
- aggravated damage to property	239	266	253	254	300
Embezzlements total	3,272	3,574	3,075	2,912	2,924
- aggravated embezzlement	1,426	1,458	1,723	1,820	1,817
Frauds total	20,946	22,835	23,515	26,091	25,065
Means of payment frauds	6,231	7,607	7,771	10,913	15,124
- aggravated means of payment fraud	127	123	123	193	161
B Offences against life and health	40,853	38,026	35,236	36,239	36,094
Manslaughter, murder or killing	89	95	101	96	78
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	350	264	327	299	311
Assaults total	38,231	35,515	32,928	33,874	33,769
- aggravated assault	1,874	1,791	1,645	1,563	1,592
C Sexual offences	3,511	3,310	3,001	2,972	3,327
Sexual exploitation of a child	1,567	1,657	1,416	1,230	1,242
Rape	1,009	975	1,009	1,052	1,160
D Offences against public authority and public peace	14,361	13,700	12,592	12,880	13,399
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his/her duties	1,852	1,682	1,704	1,718	1,883
Impeding an official	2,183	1,916	1,863	1,810	1,852
E Certain traffic offences	48,005	45,251	45,557	44,940	44,759
Drunken driving total	19,134	17,994	17,608	17,638	17,308
- aggravated drunken driving	10,333	9,001	8,304	7,816	7,285
F Other offences	81,082	83,952	80,186	79,879	83,972
Narcotics offences total	20,102	22,656	21,781	23,400	25,082
- aggravated narcotics offence	1,025	1,237	1,161	1,070	1,179
Alcohol offence/Minor alcohol offence	4,601	4,474	3,686	3,195	2,876
4) Endangerment of traffic safety, hit-and-run, traffic infraction, violation of social welfare legislation on road traffic and motor vehicle infraction	435,271	444,616	410,398	405,779	411,724
- exceeding speed limits 1)	288,904	315,849	293,752	291,000	299,336

1) Exceeding speed limits registered as endangerment of traffic safety, aggravated endangerment of traffic safety and traffic infractions.

Source: Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2016, Offences reported. Statistics Finland

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Updated 23.3.2017