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Number of restraining orders grew by 25 per cent in 2024

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release | Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2024

According to Statistics Finland's data, the police, customs and border guard used coercive measures 181,500 times in 2024. This is 2.4 per cent lower than one year earlier. The number of apprehensions was 20,400, which is 3.1 per cent lower than in the year before. The number of restraining orders was 1,400. Of apprehended persons, 774 were aged 15 to 17.

Key selections

  • In 2024 of apprehended persons, 774 were aged 15 to 17, which is 2.1 per cent more than in the year before.
  • Good 1,400 restraining orders were enforced, which is 25.3 per cent more than in the year before. The technical monitoring of a restraining order was imposed six times.
  • Altogether 1,910 persons were protected by a restraining order, 1,362 of whom were women.
  • A total of 548 men were protected by a restraining ban, 207 of whom were aged under 18.

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Apprehensions, arrests and apprehensions based on the Police Act directed at young people 2004 to 2024

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13ga
Classifications used:
  • Coercive measure
  • Authority
  • Main offence or other matter
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year
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year
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14n5
Classifications used:
  • Coercive measure
  • Age
  • Main offence or other matter
  • Subject of coercive measure
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year
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year
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14n7
Classifications used:
  • Duration of coercive measure
  • Main offence or other matter
  • Authority
Reference period cycle:
year
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year
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14n6
Classifications used:
  • Duration of coercive measure
  • Sex
  • Age
  • Main offence or other matter
Reference period cycle:
year
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year
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13gj
Classifications used:
  • Coercive measure
  • Authority
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
year
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14ni
Classifications used:
  • Sex
  • Age
  • Relationship between the person protected by a restraining order and the person under the restraining order
Reference period cycle:
year
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year
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on offences and coercive measures [online publication].
Reference period: 2024. ISSN=2342-9178. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 9.3.2025].
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