Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in January to September 2013 to 2017 (preliminary data) Corrected on 13 April 2018
| Corrected on 13 April 2018. The corrected numbers are indicated in red. | |||||
| Offence | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| 1) Offences and infractions total | 667,773 | 614,432 | 623,181 | 627,972 | 589,448 |
| 2) Offences against the Criminal Code | 372,884 | 368,057 | 359,616 | 359,721 | 332,680 |
| 3) Offences A to F | 324,650 | 319,341 | 313,820 | 317,452 | 296,866 |
| A. Offences against property | 183,842 | 185,315 | 179,184 | 178,604 | 161,278 |
| Burglaries total | 24,387 | 25,638 | 25,844 | 24,338 | 22,613 |
| Breaking into a residence | 4,245 | 4,800 | 4,514 | 4,099 | 3,680 |
| - into a free-time residence | 1,242 | 1,450 | 1,277 | 963 | 1,238 |
| - into another residence | 3,003 | 3,350 | 3,237 | 3,136 | 2,442 |
| Breaking into business premises | 2,928 | 3,072 | 3,112 | 2,575 | 2,339 |
| Breaking into a motor vehicle | 7,166 | 6,989 | 7,240 | 6,490 | 5,752 |
| Other burglaries | 10,048 | 10,777 | 10,978 | 11,174 | 10,842 |
| Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total | 6,239 | 6,058 | 5,941 | 5,280 | 4,853 |
| Robberies total | 1,108 | 1,267 | 1,170 | 1,245 | 1,276 |
| Damages to property total | 33,321 | 33,112 | 28,816 | 27,276 | 25,821 |
| Embezzlements total | 2,732 | 2,312 | 2,128 | 2,234 | 2,436 |
| Frauds total | 17,503 | 17,521 | 19,929 | 19,224 | 17,444 |
| - aggravated fraud | 852 | 1,124 | 1,114 | 1,032 | 1,048 |
| B. Crimes against life and health | 28,650 | 26,701 | 26,993 | 26,984 | 26,547 |
| Manslaughter, murder or killing | 73 | 76 | 64 | 56 | 59 |
| Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing | 194 | 253 | 213 | 234 | 282 |
| Assaults total | 26,707 | 24,906 | 25,241 | 25,209 | 24,863 |
| - aggravated assault | 1,357 | 1,215 | 1,177 | 1,149 | 1,249 |
| C. Sexual crimes | 2,606 | 2,258 | 2,237 | 2,519 | 2,427 |
| Sexual abuse of a child | 1,301 | 1,090 | 897 | 944 | 888 |
| Rape | 748 | 760 | 767 | 854 | 945 |
| D. Crimes against public authority and public peace | 10,199 | 9,478 | 9,525 | 10,230 | 9,023 |
| (Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties | 1,258 | 1,289 | 1,254 | 1,426 | 1,289 |
| Impeding an official | 1,415 | 1,410 | 1,344 | 1,398 | 1,111 |
| E. Certain traffic offences | 34,682 | 34,930 | 34,579 | 34,330 | 34,495 |
| Drunken driving total | 13,724 | 13,330 | 13,501 | 13,104 | 13,596 |
| F. Other offences | 64,671 | 60,659 | 61,302 | 64,785 | 63,096 |
| Narcotics offences total | 17,181 | 16,014 | 18,049 | 18,871 | 20,597 |
| - aggravated narcotics offence | 915 | 871 | 847 | 851 | 933 |
| Alcohol offence/Minor alcohol offence | 3,860 | 3,023 | 2,665 | 2,491 | 1,424 |
| 4) Endangerment of traffic safety, hit-and-run, traffic infraction, violation of social welfare legislation on road traffic and motor vehicle infraction | 343,123 | 295,091 | 309,361 | 310,520 | 292,582 |
| - exceeding speed limits 1) | 243,709 | 205,601 | 221,586 | 223,113 | 218,556 |
Source: Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2017, 3. quarter
Inquiries: Kimmo Haapakangas 029 551 3252, rikos@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 19.10.2017
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Statistics on offences and coercive measures [e-publication].
ISSN=2342-9178. 3rd quarter 2017,
Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in January to September 2013 to 2017 (preliminary data) Corrected on 13 April 2018
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 25.10.2025].
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