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Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in 2007-2011

  2007 2008 2009 2) 2010 2) 2011 2)
ALL OFFENCES 1) 435 824 440 711 441 416 431 623 458 251
A Offences against property 251 030 256 667 255 619 247 299 259 771
Burglaries total 43 284 40 777 40 715 38 555 39 704
  - from a dwelling 6 532 5 978 6 497 6 453 6 672
  - from a free-time residence 1 860 1 588 1 675 1 537 1 825
- from another dwelling 4 672 4 390 4 822 4 916 4 847
  - from business premises 4 337 4 407 4 477 4 091 4 537
  - from a motor vehicle 18 409 16 143 15 032 13 526 13 853
  - other theft through unlawful breaking into 14 006 14 249 14 709 14 485 14 642
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle,
thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total		 14 827 13 804 12 188 11 150 11 983
  - unauthorised theft of a motor vehicle 1 588 1 645 1 574 1 438 1 574
  - unauthorised use of a motor vehicle 1 083 1 086 1 000 924 945
  - aggravated unauthorised use of a motor vehicle 4 1 3 2 –
  - theft of use of a motor vehicle 12 116 11 017 9 568 8 749 9 443
  - aggravated theft of use of a motor vehicle 36 55 43 37 21
Robberies total 1 784 1 696 1 640 1 508 1 622
  - aggravated robbery 203 180 212 156 208
Damages to property total 53 875 56 566 50 709 49 160 54 970
  - aggravated damage to property 218 253 212 243 227
Embezzlements total 3 213 3 436 3 182 3 303 3 229
  - aggravated embezzlement 215 260 270 331 291
Frauds total 13 632 16 052 17 422 15 860 17 794
  - aggravated fraud 703 953 987 957 1 149
B Crimes against life and health 37 554 37 613 35 753 35 715 42 919
Manslaughter, murder or homicide 127 132 114 110 114
Attempted manslaughter, murder or homicide 381 363 366 308 306
Assaults total 34 634 34 803 32 895 33 082 40 171
  - aggravated assault 2 385 2 256 2 105 1 996 2 053
C Sexual offences 2 326 2 906 2 205 2 417 3 252
Sexual exploitation of a child 1 025 1 321 1 068 1 102 1 682
Rape 739 915 660 818 1 039
D Crimes against public authority and public peace 13 811 14 521 14 053 13 566 14 417
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties 1 763 1 935 1 711 1 682 1 947
  - of which against the police 1 613 1 722 1 592 1 503 1 766
Impeding an official 2 392 2 466 2 260 2 161 2 310
  - of which against the police 2 337 2 413 2 194 2 109 2 268
E Certain traffic offences 65 447 61 070 56 833 53 423 54 098
Drunken driving total 27 544 25 819 23 350 21 130 21 459
  - aggravated drunken driving 15 025 13 783 12 294 11 242 11 409
F Other offences 65 656 67 934 76 953 79 203 83 794
Narcotics offences total 15 448 15 482 18 524 19 724 20 394
  - aggravated narcotics offence 883 789 922 1 083 1 036
Alcohol offence/Minor alcohol offence 3 059 3 081 2 987 4 053 5 121
1) Excl. endangerment of traffic safety, hit-and-run, traffic infraction, violation of social welfare legislation on road traffic and motor vehicle infraction.
2) The figures for 2009 to 2011 also include offences recorded by the customs and border guard.

Source: Offences known to the police 2011. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Jorma Kallio 09 1734 3248, Marja Kivimäki 09 1734 3252, rikos@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 2.4.2012

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