Appendix table 1. Number of certain types of offences in January to March 2016 to 2020 (preliminary data)

Offence	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 ²⁾
1) Offences and infractions total ¹⁾	185,861	218,487	196,568	185,220	143,297
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	104,968	98,234	96,495	97,344	110,714
A. Offences against property	50,222	46,184	42,764	42,930	51,498
Burglaries total	6,481	6,283	5,795	5,279	7,438
Breaking into a residence	1,110	1,034	897	792	1,056
- into a free-time residence	203	303	195	139	266
- into another residence	907	731	702	653	790
Breaking into business premises	726	771	638	533	758
Breaking into a motor vehicle	1,731	1,650	1,486	1,335	1,817
Other burglaries	2,914	2,828	2,774	2,619	3,807
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	1,097	1,034	1,012	948	1,139
Robberies total	374	347	381	351	513
Damages to property total	7,294	7,174	6,243	5,490	6,873
Embezzlements total	710	803	756	821	855
Frauds total	6,834	6,139	6,271	7,883	7,844
- aggravated fraud	417	336	504	518	489
B. Crimes against life and health	8,433	8,422	7,858	8,166	8,351
Manslaughter, murder or killing	17	18	15	18	30
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	62	75	73	55	91
Assaults total	7,981	8,005	7,399	7,661	7,835
- aggravated assault	367	348	352	347	452
C. Sexual crimes	820	797	887	1,071	1,046
Sexual abuse of a child	328	283	324	406	467
Rape	248	312	297	419	352
D. Crimes against public authority and public peace	3,579	2,754	2,998	2,925	3,155
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties	394	370	457	430	446
Impeding an official	429	336	363	330	360
L. Traffic offences	27,095	24,431	25,425	25,054	26,048
Drunken driving total	3,635	3,708	4,090	4,176	4,650
Narcotics offences total	6,062	6,250	7,386	7,466	9,946
- aggravated narcotics offence	333	313	350	494	355

1) Fines from automatic traffic control are updated into the police PATJA system with a delay of around 80 days, which has an effect on the number of traffic infractions in particular.
2) Preliminary data

Source: Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2020, 1. quarter

Inquiries: Kimmo Haapakangas 029 551 3252, rikos@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 17.4.2020

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on offences and coercive measures [e-publication].
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