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Prosecutions, sentences and punishments

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
Statistics on prosecutions, sentences and punishments contain data on punishments imposed by courts of first instance, on those for whom a punishment has been waived, and on dismissed charges. The data are obtained from the Ministry of Justice and the Legal Register Centre and published once a year.

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Number of traffic offence sentences imposed in courts of first instance decreased by 13 per cent in 2022

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More than 54,000 sentences were passed in courts of first instance in 2021

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Twenty-four per cent more summary penal orders and fine orders were issued for traffic offences than in the year before

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Number of fines went down by 12 per cent

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Four per cent more imprisonments sentenced than one year ago

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Number of petty fines issued per cent higher than one year previously

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Persons sentenced in courts of first instance by offence category

Information elsewhere

Decisions by the prosecutor (statisktik lagts ned)(External link)

Statistics on crime in EU countries (Eurostat, in English)(External link)

Statistics on crime globally (UN, in English)(External link)

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