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Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in January to September 2017 to 2021 (preliminary data)

Offence	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021 2)
1) Offences and infractions total 1)	662,662	659,148	625,215	524,389	372,089
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	335,260	333,283	339,906	386,294	357,300
A. Offences against property	162,460	155,115	162,125	183,643	163,372
Burglaries total	22,793	20,991	21,589	27,026	22,896
Breaking into a residence	3,665	3,681	3,262	3,686	2,881
- into a free-time residence	1,237	904	863	1,107	722
- into another residence	2,428	2,777	2,399	2,579	2,159
Breaking into business premises	2,348	2,229	2,079	2,400	1,773
Breaking into a motor vehicle	5,871	5,169	5,456	6,849	5,993
Other burglaries	10,909	9,912	10,792	14,091	12,249
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	4,849	4,436	4,460	4,998	3,902
Robberies total	1,257	1,293	1,291	1,543	1,326
Damages to property total	26,087	23,088	23,147	25,571	23,104
Embezzlements total	2,346	2,491	2,621	2,514	2,385
Frauds total	17,316	18,161	21,984	25,514	26,275
- aggravated fraud	1,071	1,255	1,577	1,541	1,475
B. Crimes against life and health	26,804	26,957	26,998	27,329	26,000
Manslaughter, murder or killing	57	55	51	65	58
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	280	260	226	293	268
Assaults total	25,100	25,134	25,211	25,327	24,231
- aggravated assault	1,209	1,233	1,180	1,363	1,225
C. Sexual crimes	2,367	2,763	3,152	3,154	3,799
Sexual abuse of a child	866	1,000	1,233	1,271	1,457
Rape	924	1,007	1,113	1,094	1,335
D. Crimes against public authority and public peace	9,053	9,356	9,368	9,938	9,181
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties	1,301	1,414	1,459	1,553	1,451
Impeding an official	1,134	1,133	1,107	1,055	942
L. Traffic offences	85,342	88,428	85,037	100,106	102,742
Drunken driving total	13,417	14,193	14,008	15,582	13,357
Narcotics offences total	20,750	21,801	22,754	29,223	21,247
- aggravated narcotics offence	956	888	1,111	1,085	1,161

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 2021, 3. quarter

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

Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala

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Updated 15.10.2021