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Appendix table 8. Persons suspected of offences and the entire population by level of education, aged 15 years and over

Offences 1)		Total 2)	Primary education	Upper secondary level education	Lowest level tertiary education	Tertiary level education
ALL OFFENCES	Persons suspected	256 927	160 838	79 581	7 156	9 352
	%	100,0	62,6	31,0	2,8	3,6
Theft offences	Persons suspected	50 643	37 573	11 545	695	830
	%	100,0	74,2	22,8	1,4	1,6
Robbery offences	Persons suspected	1 341	1 096	239	3	3
	%	100,0	81,7	17,8	0,2	0,2
Embezzlement offences	Persons suspected	1 480	708	542	135	95
	%	100,0	47,8	36,6	9,1	6,4
Frauds, means of payment frauds	Persons suspected	18 102	12 351	4 861	469	421
	%	100,0	68,2	26,9	2,6	2,3
Tax offences	Persons suspected	1 168	543	467	91	67
	%	100,0	46,5	40,0	7,8	5,7
Forgery offences	Persons suspected	3 734	2 223	1 129	142	240
	%	100,0	59,5	30,2	3,8	6,4
Dishonesty by a debtor	Persons suspected	664	237	284	73	70
	%	100,0	35,7	42,8	11,0	10,5
Homicides and attempts thereof	Persons suspected	447	287	141	9	10
	%	100,0	64,2	31,5	2,0	2,2
Assault offences	Persons suspected	30 632	16 978	11 412	922	1 320
	%	100,0	55,4	37,3	3,0	4,3
Rape offences	Persons suspected	1 299	988	257	12	42
	%	100,0	76,1	19,8	0,9	3,2
Drunken driving	Persons suspected	18 254	9 510	7 080	822	842
	%	100,0	52,1	38,8	4,5	4,6
Narcotics offences	Persons suspected	18 488	12 285	5 830	121	252
	%	100,0	66,4	31,5	0,7	1,4
ENTIRE POPULATION	Persons suspected	4 512 285	1 455 959	1 783 389	467 164	805 773
	%	100,0	32,3	39,5	10,4	17,9

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 data in appendix tables 5-8 differ due to the sampling times of the background data. Not all population data is avail-able for all persons suspected of offences. The population data of appendix table 6 depicting socio-economic status are from 2010. In the other appendix tables the population data are from 2011.

Source: Offences known to the police 2012. Statistics Finland

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Updated 2.4.2013