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Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in 2013 - 2017

Offence	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
1) OFFENCES AND IFRACTIONS TOTAL	869,402	828,296	819,012	823,449	861,921
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	489,765	482,050	474,377	466,857	438,373
3) Offences A to F	424,786	417,898	413,233	411,725	390,719
A Offences against property	240,547	241,326	236,323	230,174	210,773
Burglaries total	32,514	33,972	34,106	33,251	29,754
Breaking into a residence	5,749	6,363	5,985	5,300	4,770
- into a free-time residence	1,791	1,840	1,683	1,227	1,512
- into another residence	3,958	4,523	4,302	4,073	3,258
Breaking into business premises	3,843	4,044	4,079	3,329	3,034
Breaking into a motor vehicle	9,597	9,253	9,441	8,654	7,650
Other burglaries	13,325	14,312	14,601	15,968	14,300
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	7,963	7,773	7,454	6,700	6,103
Robberies total	1,524	1,689	1,550	1,673	1,640
- aggravated robbery	196	216	266	277	264
Damages to property total	43,375	42,516	37,619	35,170	33,466
- aggravated damage to property	266	253	254	300	262
Embezzlements total	3,574	3,075	2,912	2,924	3,149
- aggravated embezzlement	1,458	1,723	1,820	1,817	1,787
Frauds total	22,835	23,515	26,091	25,065	23,380
Means of payment frauds	7,607	7,771	10,913	15,124	6,678
- aggravated means of payment fraud	123	123	193	161	245
B Offences against life and health	38,026	35,236	36,239	36,094	35,744
Manslaughter, murder or killing	95	101	96	78	73
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	264	327	299	311	348
Assaults total	35,515	32,928	33,874	33,769	33,535
- aggravated assault	1,791	1,645	1,563	1,592	1,581
C Sexual offences	3,310	3,001	2,972	3,327	3,269
Sexual exploitation of a child	1,657	1,416	1,230	1,242	1,168
Rape	975	1,009	1,052	1,160	1,245
D Offences against public authority and public peace	13,700	12,592	12,880	13,399	12,355
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his/her duties	1,682	1,704	1,718	1,883	1,723
Impeding an official	1,916	1,863	1,810	1,852	1,525
E Certain traffic offences	45,251	45,557	44,940	44,759	45,088
Drunken driving total	17,994	17,608	17,638	17,308	17,685
- aggravated drunken driving	9,001	8,304	7,816	7,285	7,019
F Other offences	83,952	80,186	79,879	83,972	83,490
Narcotics offences total	22,656	21,781	23,400	25,082	27,777
- aggravated narcotics offence	1,237	1,161	1,070	1,179	1,282
Alcohol offence/Minor alcohol offence	4,474	3,686	3,195	2,876	1,811
4) Endangerment of traffic safety, hit-and-run, traffic infraction, violation of social welfare legislation on road traffic and motor vehicle infraction	444,616	410,398	405,779	411,724	471,202
- exceeding speed limits 1)	315,849	293,752	291,350	299,312	375,140

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 2017, Offences reported. Statistics Finland

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Updated 8.5.2018