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

Offence	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 2)
1) Offences and infractions total 1)	628,139	662,662	659,148	625,215	492,782
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	359,854	335,260	333,283	339,906	376,808
A. Offences against property	178,643	162,460	155,115	162,125	177,292
Burglaries total	24,330	22,793	20,991	21,589	26,087
Breaking into a residence	4,097	3,665	3,681	3,262	3,666
- into a free-time residence	965	1,237	904	863	1,098
- into another residence	3,132	2,428	2,777	2,399	2,568
Breaking into business premises	2,576	2,348	2,229	2,079	2,375
Breaking into a motor vehicle	6,493	5,871	5,169	5,456	6,482
Other burglaries	11,164	10,909	9,912	10,792	13,564
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	5,277	4,849	4,436	4,460	4,940
Robberies total	1,238	1,257	1,293	1,291	1,568
Damages to property total	27,289	26,087	23,088	23,147	24,749
Embezzlements total	2,232	2,346	2,491	2,621	2,518
Frauds total	19,270	17,316	18,161	21,984	24,283
- aggravated fraud	1,052	1,071	1,255	1,577	1,526
B. Crimes against life and health	27,048	26,804	26,957	26,998	26,394
Manslaughter, murder or killing	54	57	55	51	76
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	233	280	260	226	308
Assaults total	25,269	25,100	25,134	25,211	24,449
- aggravated assault	1,147	1,209	1,233	1,180	1,372
C. Sexual crimes	2,520	2,367	2,763	3,152	3,122
Sexual abuse of a child	945	866	1,000	1,233	1,219
Rape	852	924	1,007	1,113	1,107
D. Crimes against public authority and public peace	10,221	9,053	9,356	9,368	9,779
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties	1,421	1,301	1,414	1,459	1,554
Impeding an official	1,399	1,134	1,133	1,107	1,052
L. Traffic offences	94,118	85,342	88,428	85,037	98,392
Drunken driving total	13,098	13,417	14,193	14,008	15,726
Narcotics offences total	18,868	20,750	21,801	22,754	28,973
- aggravated narcotics offence	851	956	888	1,111	1,009

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, 3. quarter

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

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Updated 16.10.2020