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Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in 2009 - 2013
Offence | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
ALL OFFENCES 1) | 441,416 | 431,623 | 458,251 | 425,421 | 424,786 |
A Offences against property | 255,619 | 247,299 | 259,771 | 237,609 | 240,547 |
Burglaries total | 40,715 | 38,555 | 39,704 | 35,046 | 32,514 |
Breaking into a residence | 6,497 | 6,453 | 6,672 | 6,281 | 5,749 |
- into a free-time residence | 1,675 | 1,537 | 1,825 | 1,478 | 1,791 |
- into another residence | 4,822 | 4,916 | 4,847 | 4,803 | 3,958 |
Breaking into business premises | 4,477 | 4,091 | 4,537 | 4,001 | 3,843 |
Breaking into a motor vehicle | 15,032 | 13,526 | 13,853 | 10,738 | 9,597 |
Other burglaries | 14,709 | 14,485 | 14,642 | 14,026 | 13,325 |
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total | 12,188 | 11,150 | 11,983 | 8,815 | 7,963 |
- unauthorised theft of a motor vehicle | 1,574 | 1,438 | 1,574 | 1,146 | 1,090 |
- unauthorised use of a motor vehicle | 1,000 | 924 | 945 | 846 | 746 |
- aggravated unauthorised use of a motor vehicle | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
- theft of use of a motor vehicle | 9,568 | 8,749 | 9,443 | 6,802 | 6,104 |
- aggravated theft of use of a motor vehicle | 43 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 22 |
Robberies total | 1,640 | 1,508 | 1,622 | 1,616 | 1,524 |
- aggravated robbery | 212 | 156 | 208 | 218 | 196 |
Damages to property total | 50,709 | 49,160 | 54,970 | 44,417 | 43,375 |
- aggravated damage to property | 212 | 243 | 227 | 239 | 266 |
Embezzlements total | 3,182 | 3,303 | 3,229 | 3,272 | 3,574 |
- aggravated embezzlement | 1,257 | 1,288 | 1,440 | 1,426 | 1,458 |
Frauds total | 17,422 | 15,860 | 17,794 | 20,946 | 22,835 |
Means of payment frauds | 4,941 | 4,458 | 5,655 | 6,231 | 7,607 |
- aggravated means of payment fraud | 184 | 124 | 149 | 127 | 123 |
B Offences against life and health | 35,753 | 35,715 | 42,919 | 40,853 | 38,026 |
Manslaughter, murder or killing | 114 | 110 | 114 | 89 | 95 |
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing | 366 | 308 | 306 | 350 | 264 |
Assaults total | 32,895 | 33,082 | 40,171 | 38,231 | 35,515 |
- aggravated assault | 2,105 | 1,996 | 2,053 | 1,874 | 1,791 |
C Sexual offences | 2,205 | 2,417 | 3,252 | 3,511 | 3,310 |
Sexual exploitation of a child | 1,068 | 1,102 | 1,682 | 1,567 | 1,657 |
Rape | 660 | 818 | 1,039 | 1,009 | 975 |
D Offences against public authority and public peace | 14,053 | 13,566 | 14,417 | 14,361 | 13,700 |
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his/her duties | 1,711 | 1,682 | 1,947 | 1,852 | 1,682 |
Impeding an official | 2,260 | 2,161 | 2,310 | 2,183 | 1,916 |
E Certain traffic offences | 56,833 | 53,423 | 54,098 | 48,005 | 45,251 |
Drunken driving total | 23,350 | 21,130 | 21,459 | 19,134 | 17,994 |
- aggravated drunken driving | 12,294 | 11,242 | 11,409 | 10,333 | 9,001 |
F Other offences | 76,953 | 79,203 | 83,794 | 81,082 | 83,952 |
Narcotics offences total | 18,524 | 19,724 | 20,394 | 20,102 | 22,656 |
- aggravated narcotics offence | 922 | 1,083 | 1,036 | 1,025 | 1,237 |
Alcohol offence/Minor alcohol offence | 2,987 | 4,053 | 5,121 | 4,601 | 4,474 |
Source: Offences known to the police 2013. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Kimmo Haapakangas 09 1734 3252, rikos@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 2.4.2014
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Offences known to the police [e-publication].
ISSN=2242-7953. 2013,
Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in 2009 - 2013
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 26.2.2021].
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