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Statistics on offences and coercive measures

The statistics on offences and coercive measures describe offences by area and the coercive measures used by the police, customs and border guard. The data derive from the Ministry of Interior's police information system. The data are published four times and once a year.

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Releases

Number of reported sexual offences grew by 23 per cent in January to September 2023

18/10/2023

release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2023, 3rd quarter

Cases of domestic violence committed by a cohabiting partner reported to the authorities increased by 21.2 per cent in 2022

05/10/2023

release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2022, domestic violence and intimate partner violence

Number of reported sexual offences grew by 20.5 per cent in January to June 2023

30/08/2023

release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2023, 2nd quarter

Number of persons aged under 15 suspected of robbery grew by nearly 140 per cent

25/05/2023

release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2022, reported offences

Number of reported sexual offences on level with the previous year in January to March 2023

27/04/2023

release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2023, 1st quarter

Number of apprehended persons aged 15 to 17 grew by 20 per cent in 2022

23/02/2023

release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2022, coercive measures

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25.05.2023

Victims and suspects of offences by sex, type of offence and age of suspect in 2009 to 2022

Offence heading

Suspects age

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Male victims Suspect males 18,566 19,315 24,286 22,364 20,789 18,824 18,635 18,410 18,396 18,614 18,766 19,176 18,934 21,287
Suspect females 2,396 2,652 3,876 3,836 3,625 3,380 3,566 3,496 3,440 3,695 4,011 4,090 4,124 4,705
Female victims Suspect males 11,022 11,765 17,250 16,844 15,594 14,886 14,934 15,201 15,041 15,644 16,601 16,989 17,759 18,544
Suspect females 2,233 2,770 3,711 3,412 3,217 2,959 3,068 3,218 3,044 3,119 3,462 3,073 3,390 3,925

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Male victims	Suspect males	18,566	19,315	24,286	22,364	20,789	18,824	18,635	18,410	18,396	18,614	18,766	19,176	18,934	21,287
Suspect females	2,396	2,652	3,876	3,836	3,625	3,380	3,566	3,496	3,440	3,695	4,011	4,090	4,124	4,705
Female victims	Suspect males	11,022	11,765	17,250	16,844	15,594	14,886	14,934	15,201	15,041	15,644	16,601	16,989	17,759	18,544
Suspect females	2,233	2,770	3,711	3,412	3,217	2,959	3,068	3,218	3,044	3,119	3,462	3,073	3,390	3,925

25.05.2023

Offences known to the authorities by ICCS category and classification of case in 2006 to 2022

ICCS offence category

Case classification

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
771,659	824,248	886,156	930,252	934,369	960,978	858,508	866,559	824,898	815,833	819,912	861,921	873,415	818,528	686,045	501,398	494,737

18.10.2023

Offences known to the authorities by offence category in 2020M01 to 2023M09*

Offence group and specifier for criminal act

Tables

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14.01.2022

Municipal parking supervision

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
01 Parking fines total (number)	628,999	597,183	594,140	519,218	537,778	549,988
011 Parking fines issued by the police (number)	4,926	5,046	4,912	4,021	4,032	4,920
02 Parking fines issued on the basis of the Road Traffic Act (number)	558,716	533,971	490,277	469,687	456,424	502,422
021 Parking fines issued by the police on the basis of the Road Traffic Act (number)	4,305	4,281	4,489	3,814	3,791	4,511
03 Parking fines issued on the basis of the Cross-Country Traffic Act (number)	14,834	11,362	10,027	9,971	8,234	8,219
031 Parking fines issued by the police on the basis of the Cross-Country Traffic Act (number)	26	95	47	49	86	229
04 Parking fines issued on the basis of the Rescue Act (number)	3,834	1,697	1,324	1,831	1,657	1,771
041 Parking fines issued by the police on the basis of the Rescue Act (number)	118	122	114	126	32	56
05 Parking fines issued on the basis of the idling infraction (number)	140	165	107	110	171	155
051 Parking fines issued by the police on the basis of the idling infraction (number)	7	7	5	11	11	3
06 Raised parking fines (number)	202,539	190,647	183,081	177,927	182,493	612,554
07 Written complaints (number)	30,845	35,143	34,954	31,861	33,383	32,152
08 Decisions on wheel clamping (number)	5	9	20	18	13	2
09 Removed due to parking error (number)	4,279	3,917	4,665	5,123	4,858	3,239
091 Removed to storage due to parking error (number)	4,102	4,247	3,836	4,336	3,366	2,386
10 Parking fines in recovery proceedings (number)	68,455	69,853	69,146	65,815	70,212	63,306
11 Number of demands for rectification	40,573	41,261	42,019	36,189	40,749	41,895
12 Revenue from parking fines (EUR)	33,785,736	31,715,887	30,449,998	27,982,763	28,461,257	28,461,257

18.10.2023

Offences recorded according to the wellbeing services county 2023M09*

Wellbeing services county

	Cumulative annual sum (number)	Change from the previous year's cumulative sum (number)	Change from the previous year's cumulative sum (%)
Offences and infractions total	389,466	17,465	4.7
1 Offences against penal code	374,676	17,216	4.8
11 Offences against property	181,243	10,360	6.1
1101 Total of thefts 28:1-3	99,415	3,654	3.8
1101a1 Thefts, through unlawful breaking into a residence or summer house etc	2,820	127	4.7
1109 Robbery 31:1-2 total	2,164	456	26.7
1116 Fraud, petty fraud 36:1,3	29,214	2,754	10.4
1118 Means of payment fraud, petty means of payment fraud, preparation thereof 37:8,10,11	9,631	1,968	25.7
12 B Crimes against life and health	32,223	2,021	6.7
1201 Offences against life total 21:1-3,34a:1	44	-7	-13.7
12012 Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing 21:1-3,34a:1	265	8	3.1
1204 Assault offences, total 21:5-7,34a:1§1/6	30,521	1,979	6.9
1301 Sexual abuse of a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, aggravated rape of a child 20:6-7, 7b (-2022)	634	-1,207	-65.6
1302 Rape, aggravated rape, rape (3 mom) 20:1-2 (-2022)	390	-875	-69.2
1303 Other sexual crimes 20:4-5,5a, 8-9 (-2022)	455	-673	-59.7
1304 Rape, aggravated rape 20:1-2	1,012	1,012	0.0
1305 Sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual abuse 20:3-5§	265	265	0.0
1306 Sexual harassment 20:6§	846	846	0.0
1308 Pandering, aggravated pandering, abuse of a victim of prostitution 20:8,10-11§	10	10	0.0
1309 Rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child 20:12-13§	266	266	0.0
1310 Sexual assault of a child, sexual abuse of a child, offering compensation to a young person for a sexual act, solicitation of a child for sexual purposes 20:14-20:16, 20:18§	821	821	0.0
1311 Dissemination of a sexually offensive image of a child, possession of a sexually offensive image of a child, following a sexually offensive performance of a child 20:19-22§	408	408	0.0
14 Crimes against public authority and public peace	9,799	-901	-8.4
15 Traffic offences	91,545	18	0.0
1503 Drunken driving 23:3-4 total	12,471	441	3.7
1612 Offences involving narcotics 50:1-4 total	19,918	794	4.2

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